23/12/2023
Idioms and Phrases Beginning with âAâ
1. A B.C. (āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸-Primary Knowledge)- He does not know the A. B. C of politics.
2. A bad apple (āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻāĻž-immoral/dishonest)- We should not condemn the whole system just because of one bad apple.
3. A bed of roses (āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻļāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯āĻž/ āĻ¸ā§āĻ-āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨)-Life is not a bed of roses./ Many people think that life is a bed of roses.
4. A bed of thorns- (āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨) - Life is nothing but a bed of thorns.
5. A birdâs eye view- (āĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻž/ āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ)- I took a birdâs eye view of the girl at the time of riding my bike in full speed.
6. A black sheep (āĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°)-There is a black sheep in our club.
7. A bolt from the blue (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤/āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤-an unexpected calamity)-The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
8. A bone of contention (āĻāĻā§āĻž-āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§-a matter of dispute)- Playing âFree Fireâ of the school boy is always a bone of contention for the whole family.
9. A burning question (āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§/āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§-Burning issue/ an important question)- Price hike is a burning question these days.
10. A castle in the air- (āĻ
āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž/ āĻāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŽ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž)- John Donne, a poet of love built castle in the air and wrote metaphysical poems.
11. A c**k and bull story (āĻāĻāĻāĻŦāĻŋ/ āĻāĻˇāĻžā§ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ a false story)- Nobody believes Zayed Khanâs c**k and bull story.
12. A dark horse (āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ§āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ-an unknown man surprising by his qualities, strange man)- I consider myself a dark horse on Facebook.
13. A far cry (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨-a long distance, very different from) - The movie is a far cry from the book. He's a far cry from the idealistic young writer he once was.
14. A fish out of Water (āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž)- Her condition is just like a fish out of water.
15. A foolâs Paradise (āĻŦā§āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ)- Nobody lives in a foolâs paradise now.
16. A great deal of (āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§)- This winter we had a great deal of cold so I'm glad spring is finally here.
17. A hard nut to crack (āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž-difficult problem)- The food problem is a hard nut to crack.
18. A lot of/lots of (āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ°- a large number or amount of things/people/ etc.)- There is a lot of/lots of money in my bag. [a lot of/ lots of āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§]
19. A man of letters (āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ/āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ-an educated person whose work is highly respected)- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a man of letters.
20. A man of parts (āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ/ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ-Expert)- William Shakespeare was a man of parts in writing plays.
21. A man of straw (āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻ-weak hearted person)- Kanchan Mallick was rejected from the beautiful girls because of being a man of straw. Finally he has succeeded to tame a belle. [Kanchan Mullick is an Indian Bengali film and television actor and politician.]
22. A man of word (āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻ- âa man who keeps his word or promise at any cost)- Viru Sahastrabudhhe, a famous character of â3 Idiotsâ movie is a man of word.
23. A piece of cake (āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ- very easy) - This assignment is a piece of cake.
24. A rainy day (āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨) -Everybody should save something for rainy day.
25. A round dozen (āĻāĻ āĻĄāĻāĻ¨-A full dozen)- Give me a round dozen eggs
26. A slow coach (āĻ
āĻ˛āĻ¸/ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤) -Rocky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
27. A trying time (āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§)-Before final exam, the students are passing a trying time and some of them are crying.
28. A verbose speech- (āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻ°āĻāĻŽ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻšā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯/ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž)-A verbose speech is not fruitful to all.
29. A Vicious circle (āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ°)- She can't see any way to break out of this vicious circle.
30. A white lie (āĻā§āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž -Slight lie/ a small and harmless lie)- The boy told a white lie to get rid of punishment.
31. Above all (āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤/āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĒāĻ°āĻŋ/ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° -more than anything else)-Rabindranath is, above all, a cosmopolitan personality. / He is, above all, a poet.
32. Above board (āĻ¸āĻāĻļā§āĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻˇ/āĻ
āĻāĻĒāĻā§-beyond doubt) - His activities are open and above board./ His dealings are open and above board.
33. According to (āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§)- I shall do this work according to your advice.
34. Achillesâs heel (āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ- weak point) -He is trying to hide but everybody knows his Achilles' heel.
35. Acid test (āĻ
āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž- a test whose finding is beyond doubt or dispute)- This exam is an acid test for me.
36. After all (āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ°/ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ/āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇā§-in the end/ Finally)- He is, after all, an honest man./ After all, he is a patriot.
37. Again and again (āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ°)- He warned me again and again.
38. All and sundry (everyone/one and all-āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ) : I made tea for all and sundry at the office. He was well known to all and sundry.
39. All at once (āĻšāĻ āĻžā§-suddenly)- All at once the crazy man shouted to the top of his voice.
40. All but (āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ-nearly/almost) The work is all but finished.
41. All in (āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤/āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤-tired/exhausted)- I was all in after the meeting.
42. All in all (āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻž-supreme) â He is all in all in the class.
43. All on (of) a sudden (āĻšāĻ āĻžā§- suddenly, by chance)- All on (of) a sudden, he went to Bogra.
44. All over (āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°)- The dog is found all over the world.
45. All the same (āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻĨāĻž-The same result)- It is all the same whether you go or not.
46. All the while (āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ)- All the while he was with me.
47. An open secret (āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯/āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻĨāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§-)- He is addicted to drinking is an open secret.
48. Apple of discord (āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ-bone of contention, matter of dispute)- The plot of the land is the apple of discord between the two brothers.
49. Apple of oneâs eye (āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŋ / āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŋ/ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§-oneâs favorite person or thing)- His youngest daughter was the apple of his eye.
50. As a matter of fact (In addition to-āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§)- I had a cup of tea with her yesterday, as a matter of fact.
51. As a rule (āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§)- As a rule, she kept silent in the meeting.
52. As for (āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§-about)- As for myself, I am innocent.
53. As if (āĻ¯ā§āĻ¨)- He behaves as if he were the owner of the house.
54. As it were (āĻ¯ā§āĻ¨)- The moon is as it were a dish of gold. / The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
55. As regards (āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§-about)- He knows nothing as regards this occurrence.
56. As though (āĻ¯ā§āĻ¨)- He behave as though he were the owner of the house.
57. As usual (āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ-as it commonly happens)- He arrived at school at 8 a.m as usual.
58. At a deadlock (āĻ
āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž/ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ
āĻāĻ˛ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž)-completely stopped condition)- The law is at a deadlock now.
59. At a loss (puzzled/confused/ at oneâs witâs end-āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ/āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ/āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§ā§)- He was at a loss to fix the deal./ He was at his witâs end to fix the deal.
60. At a low ebb-(āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŽā§āĻā§/ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻž-declining)- His honesty is at a low ebb now.
61. At a stretch (āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž-Without break)- I can walk five miles at a stretch.
62. At a snailâs pace- (āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§-very slowly)- The members of âEnglish Language & Literatureâ grew at a snail's pace in the first three months of this year.
63. At all (āĻāĻĻā§)- I do not like him at all.
64. At all costs (āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨)- I shall help you at all costs.
65. At all events (āĻ¯āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ āĻšā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨)- He will stand by me at all events.
66. At any cost (āĻ¯ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§)- He must help me at any cost.
67. At bay (in a tight corner-āĻā§āĻ¨āĻ āĻžāĻ¸āĻž)- With fifteen thousand men I held the enemy at bay for thirty-five hours and beat him.
68. At best (āĻŦā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§-at the best/ maximum returns or opportunity)- I can give you ten takes at best.
69. At daggers drawn (āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨-at enmity)-The two brothers are at daggers drawn with each other.
70. At dead of night (āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§)- The boy came home at dead of night.
71. At ease (āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§)- A man who has enemies cannot live at ease.
72. At every step (āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒā§)- He disturbed me at every Step.
73. At home in (āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇ-skilled/expert)- He is at home in Algebra.
74. At large (āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻŦā§- free)- Birds fly at large in the sky.
75. At last (āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇā§-in the long run)- He tried hard, and at last succeeded in life.
76. At least (āĻāĻŽāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§- at the lowest)- He is the owner of thirty lakh rupees at least.
77. At length (āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°ā§/āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇā§- at the end)- At length, he did the work.
78. At oneâs witâs end-(āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ/āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ/ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§ā§ - puzzled, to be perplexed, confused) â I am at my witâs end what to do.
79. At oneâs finger-ends (āĻ¨āĻāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§/ āĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§)-be thoroughly familiar with- Every solution should be at one's finger's end.
80. At random- (āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§- At sixes and sevens/in disorder/ completely disorganization). The books were at sixes and sevens on the table.
81. At stake (āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§/ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ/ in danger) Hero Alam was at stake during election.
82. At the eleventh hour (āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§-at the last moment)- He reached the station at the eleventh hour.
83. At the point of/ on the verge of (āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§/āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻā§-very near)- He is at the point of death.
84. At times (āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§/ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§-occasionally/now and then)- He at times comes here.
85. At the outset (at the beginning-āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ/āĻā§ā§āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ), At the outset he made a mistake.
āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ ā§Ž āĻāĻžā§:
Idioms and Phrases Beginning with âBâ
āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ°āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛ āĻļā§āĻ (āĻĒāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻĢ) āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§ 01701074360 (āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļ/ āĻ°āĻā§āĻ/ āĻ¨āĻāĻĻā§) ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§ 01701074360 (āĻšā§ā§āĻžāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻĒ/ āĻŽā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨)
āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ
