100 Idioms in Urdu with Meanings and Sentences. learn the most common English idioms with easy examples for competitive exams and spoken English. these idioms are commonly used in English writing to make it effective and attractive. You should learn these common idioms with meanings and sentences. idioms are basically advanced expressions that are used to make English writing more attractive.
English to Urdu Idioms
Cat and dog life | a quarrelsome life | لڑائی جھگڑے والی زندگی | They both are living a cat and dog life nowadays. |
Man of words doing | doing what one say | وعدے کا پکا | Ali a great man of his words. |
Storm in cup of tea | having no importance | چائے کی پیالی میں طوفان | Our opposition is accustomed creating a storm a in cup of tea. |
Apple of Eye | someone important to you | آنکھ کا تارا | My friend is an apple of an eye. |
Apple of discard | the reason for mess | جھگڑے کی وجہ | Only the Property is the apple of discord among the whole family. |
Apple pie | clean and neat thing | صاف ستھرا | You should arrange the things in Apple pie order. |
Beast of prey | a wild animal | شکاری درندا | Lion is considered a beast of prey |
Bed of roses | easy life | پھولوں کی سیج | Life is never a bed of roses for lazy people. |
Gala day | happy day | خوشی کا دن | 14th August is a gala day for Pakistani nation. |
Henpecked Husband | dominated by wife | جوروکا غلام | Asim is clearly a henpecked husband. |
Iron will | determined person | آہنی عزم | Yes, he is really a man of iron will. |
Hush money | bribery | رشوت | She finally got good job by hush money. |
Laughing stock | one who creates fun | ہنسی کا گول گپا | He is laughing stock because of his humor. |
Black sheep | deceptive people | کالی بھیڑیں | we should be quite aware of the black sheep around us. |
Big gun | valuable person | بڑی شخصیت | if she works hard this time, she will be a big gun in future. |
Bull in China shop | unimportant person | غیر ضروری آدمی | Asim is really a bull in china shop as he has built no business yet. |
Cock and bull story | fiction | من گھڑت کہانی | He told us a cock and bull story about money stealing. |
Chicken hearted | a coward person | بزدل آدمی | they are really chicken hearted fellows. |
Olive branch | offering for peace | امن کی پیشکش | Pakistan has always offered the olive branch to India |
Point Blank | clearly and openly | سیدھا سیدھا | My proposal was rejected by him point black. |
Past Master | an expert man | ماہر | My friend Asim is considered past Master in Computer. |
Rainy Day | a hard time | مشکل وقت | i suggested him to save some amount for rainy day. |
Scot Free | got away cleverly | صاف بچ نکلنا | The thief got escaped scot free by the police. |
Close fisted | a miser person | کنجوس | His teacher is totally a close fisted man. |
Cry in wilderness | become useless or vein | بے سود رہنا | My protest for corruption went a cry in wilderness |
Fool’s paradise | joy due to some power | احمقوں کی جنت | They are still living in fools’ paradise. |
Yeoman’ Service | appreciable services | عمدہ خدمات | The Allam Iqbal has done yeoman’s service to the nation. |
Man of letters | a literary person | ادیب | Bepsi Sidhwa was a man of letters. |
Moot Point | a debatable topic | قابل بحث | Corruption is moot point among Politian’s in Pakistan. |
Nine day’s wonder | something brief | مختصر | Life is just a nine day’s wonder for everyone is this world. |
Uphill task | a difficult task | دشوار کام | it was really an uphill task to teach manners a rude man. |
Tall talk | talks with exaggeration | شوخیاں | His tall Talk is beyond everyone’s understanding. |
Slow coach | someone who moves in slow manner | بدھو | She is lazy and a slow coach. |
Broken reed | a week man | غیر یقینی سہارا | When i needed his help, she proved to be a broken reed. |
Crocodile tears | showing deceptive tears | مگرمچھ کے آنسو | This clever man is shedding crocodile tears on his father’s death. |
Fair weather friend | selfish friend | مطلبی دوست | We should avoid trusting fair weathers’ friend. |
Snake in grass | someone who is harmful | آستین کا سانپ | All of his friends were snake in grass for him. |
Bag and baggage | belongings to someone | بوریا بستر | it would be better to leave my house bag and baggage. |
Castles in air | Things have no chance of taking place | ہوائی قلعے | You need to avoid building castles in air and work hard. |
Bolt from blue | anything that is totally surprising | ناگہانی آفت | My Friend’s death proved to be a bolt from blue. |
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