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Half timer:
Due to his poverty, Saif is a half timer, works
in the morning and studies in the
morning.- Have it your own way:
I have tried my best for you, but now have it you own way.
- Have and have-nots:
Eid bring happiness or the haves and deprivations for
the have-nots.
- He-man:
Shamsi is such a he-man that her emains upright in all circumstances.
- Have old hand on young shoulders:
Habib is a hard working as well as a brainy boy.
Thus he has a old hoan on young
shoulders.
- Heads I win, tails you lose:
If I fail, I must get the whole and if I succeed, I
should get the double, So, heads I win ,tails you
lose.
- Keep one’s head above water:
I have face many hardships in life, but I have always
kept my head above water.
- Headstrong:
Latif is such a headstrong that he won’t listen to your request.
- Time havings heavy:
When somebody falls ill for many months, time havings heavy.
- So help me God:
So help me God, I shall return before moon.
Helter skelter:
I reached the hospital helter skelter and took medicine.- A hen with one chicken:
Zardari, now politically bankrupt, is trying to become a hen with one chicken.
- High and dry:
Before coming into politics, Imran khan was high
and dry.
- High-stung:
Asghar is high-stung person, always try to shung
him.
- High words/hot words:
Mirza and Qari had some high words this morning. I tried to patch up.
- Upon my honour:
Upon my honour, please accept not to marry that girl.
- Hotch-potch:
Computer learning is such a hotch-potch, MS-
Office, Windows, MCSe, A+, C++, Java and what
not.
- Iconoclast:
Mahmood Ghazanavi was popular as an
iconoclast.
- He is not so black as he is painted:
Omer Shakh is not a good person but he is not as black as he is painted.
- Palm oil:
Most of the traffic cops have got used to palm
oil.
- Pampered menial:
I am not so hard with my servant but hehas become such a pampered menial that hecares for me only a little.
Pandora’s box:
Let not open this pandora’s box.- Passman:
I Want to top the class, not just to be a pass
man.
- Passee:
Miss Rabia looks to be a passee, not a young
girl.
- Peacockery:
Me.Zahid likes good clothes of gay colour. He
is very fond of peacockery.
- Platonic Love:
Today, only one out of thousnads believe in
platonic love.
- Dishing:
Hello Aalin! Have you coocked everything? ….
Of course! I’ve also got the dishes.
- Diurnal:
My diurnal activities are hectic but at night
I’m free.
- Nocturnal:
In the show biz especially in film industry, the nocturnal activities of the artistes are very
hectic.
- Dizzard/dunce/blockhead:
Ijaz is such a blockhead that he understands a
thing at least repeated thrice.
- Dog (v.t.)
In the recent so-called war on terrorism, the
British Prime Minister seemed dogging behind
bush.
- Dotage:
Mustafa Kjar is very fond of dotage.
Sugar daddy:
Nazir Mughal is a sugar-daddy, fond of the company
of women even at the age of 70.- Expletive (n):
“Even that” is the expletive of Mr. Shafqat. He utters
this phrase with every second sentence.
- Facer:
Many people look good outwardly. But inwardly, they must be big facers.
- Filly:
Sadaf is a quick filly. She is here at one time and there
at another.
- Foundling:
Rafiq is not a real son of his parents. He was a founding, brought up by Mr. and Mrs Sharif
