Idioms And Phrases: বাগধারার ও শব্দসমষ্টি
Idioms And Phrases: বাগধারার ও শব্দসমষ্টি
❏ Acid Test (A conclusive test of the success or value of something)
➨ I practised hard but the acid test will come at the time of my exam.
❏ A red letter day (An important day)
➨ 26 January is a red letter day for our nation.
❏ A white elephant (Of no use)
➨ That super size desk is a white elephant for him.
❏ Back-room boys (People who perform important work but have no contact with the public)
➨ The director praised his back room boys for the success of this project.
❏ Black sheep (A traitor)
➨ Later on Mr Subhash proved a black sheep for the company where he was working.
❏ Bee in one's bonnet (Carrying an idea which constantly occupies your thoughts)
➨ Seema is not happy in Africa. She has a bee in the bonnet about moving to India.
❏ Blood, sweat and tears (Something that requires a lot of effort and hard work)
➨ Being an actor is not just a matter of luck for him, it is his blood, sweat and tears which has got him there.
❏ Bottom fell out (Refers to a situation wwhen a plan or project fails)
➨ When the police announced a red alert in the city, the bottom fell out of their plan to hold a rally.
❏ Cut-throat competition (A tough competition)
➨ There is a cut-throat competition among the publishers in the market.
❏ Close to home (A comment which is true and and one cam relate to it)
➨ Her remarks were embarrassingly close to home.
❏ Dead in the water (Plan or project that has ceased to function and is not expected to be re-activated in future)
➨ Because of GST, the plan to get the FDI in various sectors is now dead in the water.
❏ Dead wood (People or things which are no longer useful or necessary)
➨ The company bought in a lot of new computers. They no longer want the dead woods.
❏ Deep down (Describing what a person really feels deep inside or what he is like)
➨ A mother has an outward appearance of calm, but deep down she is really worried for her children.
❏ Fever pitch (When a feeling is very intense and exciting, it is said to be at a fever pitch)
➨ His love for music had reached a fever pitch before he became a world known musician.
❏ Fish out of water (Feeling uncomfortable in unfamiliar surroundings)
➨ Being Indian, I felt like a fish out of water in the group of Chinese people.
❏ Fine-tooth comb (Examining something carefully to not miss out any details)
➨ The teacher examined my notebook with a fine tooth comb before submitting it to the principal.
❏ Flying start (Something that is immediately successful)
➨ The film hits the box office with a flying start and collected the highest revenue on the first day.
❏ Foot in the door (Small but good start with a possibility for a bright future)
➨ With customers coming in, his new venture has got a foot in the door.
❏ Go bananas (Refers to someone who behaves in a crazy way out of emotions)
➨ Your decision to go abroad for a year will make your family go bananas.
❏ Proud as a peacock (Refers to an extremely proud person)
➨ His son has finally become a doctor. He is as proud a peacock.
❏ Rags to riches (Becoming very rich while starting very poor)
➨ His innovative ideas in business got him from rags to riches.
❏ Slow and steady (Consistent and effective efforts)
➨ Slow and steady wins the race.
❏ Smash hit (Refers to music, films which are very successful)
➨ His music became a smash hit in a week's time.
❏ Tongue-tied (Difficulty in expressing)
➨ As her prospective in laws came to see her, she was completely tongue tied.
❏ Top dog (Very successful group, company, person, country etc.)
➨ The economic survey proved that they are the top dogs of the IT industry.
❏ Tricks of the trade (Clever or expert way of doing something)
➨ Being into the construction business for the last 10 years, I know all tricks of the trade.
❏ Under a cloud (to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad)
➨ Neha was under a cloud as she dropped off the plan at the last minute.
❏ Wooden spoon (Imaginary prize för the last person in a race)
➨ We won a wooden spoon at the fashion show.
❏ Whole bag of tricks (Trying all the clever means to achieve something)
➨ It was really difficult to find the information even after applying the whole bag of tricks.
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