Idioms and Phrases
| Idioms | Meaning | Sentence |
| Above all | সর্বোপরি | Above all, he is a good man. |
| Above board | সংশয়হীনভাবে নির্দোষ | His activities are open and above board |
| Achilles’ heel | দুর্বলতা | Hankering for votes is the Achilles’ heel of the leaders of our country |
| All but | প্রায় | The poor villagers are all but ruined |
| Apple of discord | বিবাদের বিষয় | The land has become an apple of discord between the two brothers |
| At a loss | হতবুদ্ধি, কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় | I am now at a loss and don’t know the solution. |
| At all events | যাই ঘটুকনা কেন | I shall stand by him at all events |
| At bay | কোনঠাসা | The tiger was at bay in the bush |
| At one’s finger ends | নখদর্পণে | All these facts are his fingers ends. |
| At daggers drawn | শত্রুতা | The two children are at daggers drawn now. |
| At one’s wit ‘s end | হতবুদ্ধি | He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do. |
| At stake | বিপদে পড়া | His life is at a stake now. |
| Bad blood | মনোমালিন্য | Now there is a bad blood between the two sisters. |
| Beat about the bush | কাজের কথা না বলে আজেবাজে কথা বলা | Please come to the point without beating about the bush |
| Birds of feather | একরকম স্বভাবের লোক | Birds of feather flock together |
| Black sheep | কুলাঙ্গার | He is a black sheep for the family. |
| By all means | সর্বপ্রকারে | Try to complete it by all means |
| By fits and starts | মাঝেমাঝে | He works by fits and starts |
| By hook or by crook | যেকোনমূল্যে | You must do this work by hook or by crook |
| By leaps and bounds | অতি দ্রুত গতিতে | The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds |
| Bid fair | ভালো কিছু আশা করা | He bids fair to be a good doctor |
| Big gun | নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি | The man behind the police is a big gun of our locality |
| Bird’s eye view | মোটামুটিধারণা | He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken are from an airplane |
| Bone of connection | বিবাদের বিষয় | The paternal property is the bone of contention among the family members. |
| Book worm | গ্রন্থকীট | Don’t be a book worm. |
| Bring to book | শাস্তি দেওয়া | The students should be bring to book for their misconduct |
| Build castle in the air | আকাশ কুসুম রচনা করা | Don’t waste your time in building castle in the air |
| Breathe one’s last | মারা যাওয়া | The old man breathes his last on Sunday last. |
| Call to mind | স্মরণ করা | I cannot call to mind your cell number |
| Call in question | সন্দেহ করা | No one can call his honesty in question |
| Carry the day | জয়লাভ করা | The boys carried the day in the debate competition |
| Chip of the old block | বাপকা বেটা | Mr. Mukherjee is the chip of the old block |
| Crying need | জরুরী | Mass education is a crying need for India |
| Crocodile tears | মায়াকান্না | He shed crocodile tears at our misery |
| Cock and bull story | আষাঢ়ে গল্প | You must be ashamed of your cock and bull story |
| Cut a sorry figure | খারাপ ফল করা | He cuts a sorry figure in the examination |
| Cut to the quick | মর্মাহত হওয়া | I was cut to the quick by his birds |
D-F
| Idioms | Meaning | Sentence |
| Dead against | তীব্র বিরোধী | I am dead against his proposal |
| Dead language | যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় | Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language. |
| Dead of night | মধ্যরাত্রি | The robbers broke into the house at head of night |
| Die in harness | কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া | Dr. Sen died in harness |
| Do yeoman’s service | বিশেষ উপকার করা | Freedom fighters have done yeoman’s service for country. |
| End in smoke | ব্যর্থ হওয়া | All his plans ended in smoke. |
| Fall flat | ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া | My advice feels flat on him. |
| Fight shy | এড়িয়ে চলা | Why do you fight shy of your teacher? |
| Fish out of water | অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থা | When he came to the village , he felt like fish out of water |
| Fish in a troubled water | এলোমেলো অবস্থার সুযোগ নেয়া | He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water |
| Far and wide | সর্বত্র | His fame spread far and wide |
| Flesh and blood | রক্তমাংসের শরীর | Flesh and blood cannot bear with these such insults |
| For good | চিরদিনের জন্য | He left the house for good |
| From hand to mouth | দিন আনে দিন খায় | The poor man live from hand to mouth |
G-I
| Idioms | Meaning | Sentence |
| Gala day | বিশেষ দিন | The Eid -Ul-Fitr is a gala day for Muslims. |
| Get rid of | মুক্তি পাওয়া | Try to get rid of the rogue. |
| Gift of the gab | বাকপটুতা | An advocate should have the gift of the gab. |
| Hard nut to crack | কঠিন সমস্যা | The problem of adult education is really hard nut to crack |
| Head and ears | সম্পূর্ণরূপে | He is over head and ears in debt |
| Hold water | ধোপে টেকা | This policy will not hold water in this situation. |
| Hue and cry | শোরগোল | The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief |
| Hush money | ঘুষ | He offered a hush money to disclose the file. |
| In a fix | মুশকিলে পতিত হওয়া | The man is in a fix with his new hairstyle. |
| In full swing | পুরোদমে | The school is in full swing after the vacation |
| In lieu of | পরিবর্তে | Give me this pen in lieu of that |
| In cold blood | ঠান্ডা মাথায় | They committed this murder in cold blood |
| In no time | শীঘ্র | He will finish the work in no time |
| Ins and out | খুঁটিনাটি | I know ins and outs of this file |
| In vogue | চালু | This custom is not in vogue at present |
| In a nutshell | সংক্ষেপে | Tell the whole story in a nutshell |
| In one’s teens | তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মাঝে | She is yet in her teens |
| In the long run | পরিণামে | You will have to suffer in the long run |
| Irony of fate | ভাগ্যের পরিহাস | He could not succeed by irony of fate. |
k-m
| Idioms | Meaning | Sentence |
| Kith and kin | নিকট আত্মীয় | He has no relation with his kith and kin |
| Lion’s share | বড় মাপের অংশ | He took the lion’s share of the profit |
| Lame excuse | বাজে ওজর | The lame excuse will not do. |
| Maiden speech | প্রথম বক্তৃতা | His maiden speech fell flat on the audience |
| Man of letters | পন্ডিত ব্যক্তি | You are truly a man of letters |
| Man of straw | অপদার্থ | We do not care for a man of straw like you. |
| Make both ends meet | আয় ব্যয় মেলানো | I cannot make both ends meet with my small income |
| Moot point | অমীমাংসিত বিষয় | Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh. |
N-P
| Idioms | Meaning | Sentence |
| Nip in the bud | অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট হওয়া | All his hopes were nipped in the bud. |
| Null and void | বাতিল | The deed has been null and void now. |
| Now and then | মাঝে মাঝে | He comes here now and then |
| Of course | অবশ্যই | Of course, you know what that meant. |
| On the contrary | বিপরীত পক্ষে | I do not hate him; on the contrary I love him. |
| On the wane | হ্রাসমান | His fame is on the wane now. |
| On the whole | মোটের ওপর | On the whole, his conduct is good |
| Out of date | সেকেলে | This fashion is out of date |
| Out of sorts | সামান্য অসুস্থ | The baby is out of sorts after playing. |
| Out of order | বিকল | the radio has become an out of order |
| Out of temper | ক্রুদ্ধ | The teacher is out temper to see the overall results. |
| Part and parcel | অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ | Education is part and parcel to build a civilized nation. |
| Pros and cons | খুঁটিনাটি | You should consider the pros and cons of the system |
R-T
| Idioms | meaning | Sentence |
| Rank and file | সাধারণ লোক | We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country |
| Red letter day | স্মরয় দিন | The 16th December is a red letter day for us. |
| Round the clock | সমস্ত দিন | He is working round the clock |
| Set free | মুক্ত করা | The prisoners were set free |
| Slow coach | অলস | You cannot expect much from a slow coach. |
| Slip of the pen | লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশত সামান্য ভুল | The mistake is due to a slip of the pen. |
| Slip of the tongue | বলায় সামান্য ভুল | This is a slip of the tongue; don’t lay much stress on it. |
| Square meal | পেট ভরা আহার | He is too poor to have a square meal everyday |
| Stone’s throw | অতি নিকটে | Our school is at a stone’s throw from our house |
| Tooth and nail | তীব্রভাবে | He fought tooth and nail for the sake of country |
| To the backbone | হাড়ে হাড়ে | I know this boy to the backbone |
U-W
| Idioms | Meaning | Sentence |
| Ups and downs | উত্থান পতন | There are ups and downs in a man’s life. |
| Up and doing | উদ্যোগী | Be up and doing and then you will be succeed in your life |
|
White elephant |
অত্যন্ত ব্যয়সাপেক্ষ বিলাসিতা | At last the department proved to be a white elephant |
| Weal and woe | সুখ-দুঃখ | Human life is full of weal and woe. |
| Widow’s mite | দরিদ্রের ক্ষুদ্র দান | A windows mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man. |
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24. He raised his eyebrow at my explanation.
A. show surprise or disapproval
B. show agreement
C. show happiness
D. show indifference
25. In July, he decided to turn over a new leaf and work much harder.
A. get ready for the rainy season
B. change his address
C. to begin a new course of improved behavior,
habit, etc.
D. plant new trees.
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