Get into hot water مشکل میں پھنس جانا If you don’t avoid bad company, you will soon get into hot water Give someone the cold shoulder سرد مہری سے پیش آنا The selfish friend gave him the cold shoulder when he needed help. Hand in glove دوستی Atif and Tahir are handed in glove with … Read more
Double-faced ( منافق ) I don’t like doubled faced people Drop-in ( ملاقات کے لیے آنا ) She dropped in to have a chat Egg on ( اکسانا ) Her mother egged her on to get a divorce from her husband. End in smoke (ناکام ہونا )All his plans ended in smoke. Face the music … Read more
Idioms محاورے Practice makes a man perfect. Nowadays your bread is buttered. He is a jolly fellow. They exchanged hot words. It appears he is off his wits. We are poles apart. I praised him to the skies. Let bygones be bygones, take care in future. Pack up your bag and baggage. You have given … Read more
Proverbs کہاوتیں Health is wealth. As you sow, so shall you reap. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing To the good the world appears good. Where there is a will, there is a way. While in Rome do as Romans do. Barking dogs seldom bite. Give loan, enemy own. Silence is half consent. Time … Read more
Honesty is the best policy. Give up the way of hypocrisy. As you so shall you reap. So there is no need to weep. Union is strength. You will surely overcome hostility at length. Self praise is no recommendation. Ypu will be known by your action. Send and God will send. Don’t be miser, O’friend. … Read more
Dog-cheap بہت سستا Dog-eared کتے کے کانٹے Dog-days مخصوص گرمی کے دن Dog-sleep نیند میں بہوسا Dog-headed سرکش Dogged بے لگام Cats and dogs برسات کی بارش Cat and dog life ناستی گزاری Sentences: Dog-cheap:Potatoes are dog-cheap nowadays. Dog-eared:Children have made the pages of my bookon tenses dog-eared. Dog-days:We are building a new house but … Read more
Set “A” Blow out the candles. can’t you sit still? Don’t make a noise. Hold your tongue. He last his temper. He was overjoyed. He stumbled over a stone and fell down. I am feeling sleepy. I withdraw my words. I am a bit hard of hearing. I am an eye-sore to him. Keep to … Read more
In good time: You are now overage. You must have married in good time. For good: You are a computer engineer aspiring to get Canadian immigration. Do you want to leave Pakistan for good? Good wife: You want to leave for America.But do you think your good wife will allow you. Goody: My grandmother is … Read more
Devil my care: I’m totally fed up with this old car. I’m leaving it on the road…devil my care. Devil’s dream: Oh my God! This dust and wind …I wanna have a devil’s dream. Gone to devil: The baby toreall pages…Half book has gone to devil. Go to devil: Go to devil…I can’t help you … Read more
Prayer less: May Allah forgive such prayerlee people like me. Prayer meeting: Every Friday, I attend the prayer meeting in jamia mosque. Keepsake: I’ve a very precious keepsake of my beloved. Souvenir: I like to accept and give souvenirs. Sycophant: Never tell her your secret. She is such a sycophant. Tomfool: Some people are fools … Read more
