Idioms & Phrases

Idioms & Phrases	Meaning	हिंदी अर्थ
ABC	Very common knowledge	सामान्य जानकारी
All in all	Whole-sole, most important	अत्यधिक महत्वपूर्ण
All and sundry	Without making any distinction	बिना किसी भेद के
Alpha and omega	First and last letter of Greek alphabet, means beginning and end	शुरुआत और अंत
Bag and baggage	With all goods	सारे सामान के साथ
Black and white	In writing	लिखित में
Blow hot and cold	Having no stand, shows favour at one time and unfavour at another	किसी निश्चित स्थिति में नहीं होना
Body and soul	Entirely	पूर्णत:
Back and call	At the service	सेवा में
Cats and dogs	Heavy rain	भारी वर्षा
By fits and starts	Irregularly	अनियमित रूप से
By leaps and bounds	Speedily	तेजी से
Cock and bull story	Untrue story	झूठी कहानी
Call a spade a spade	Straight talks	सीधी बात
Cut and dried	Readymade form	आसान तरीका
To play ducks and drakes	To waste money	पैसा बर्बाद करना
To check by jowl	Very near to each other	एक दूसरे के बहुत नजदीक
Fair field and no favour	Equal opportunity to all	सभी को समान अवसर
Through fire and water	In all sort of difficulties	सभी मुश्किलों में
Fire and fury	Extreme enthusiasm	अत्यधिक उत्साह
Fire and brimstone	Fearful penalties	भयाभय दंड
Fair and square	Honest	ईमानदार
Free and easy	Natural and simple	प्राक्रतिक एवम् साधारण
Goods and chattels	Belonging of home	घर का सामान
Gird up the loin	To be ready	तैयार रहना
Gall and wormwood	Source of irritation	परेशानी का कारण
Haughty and naughty	Arrogant and naughty	उत्पाती
Hue and dry	Great noise	बड़ा शोर / बड़ा विरोध
By hook or by crook	By any means	किसी भी तरीके से
Heart and soul	With full devotion	सम्पूर्ण क्षमता से
To move heaven and earth	To make all possible efforts	सभी संभव प्रयास करना
Hard and fast	Certain	कुछ
Hand and gloves	Very intimate friends	घनिष्ट मित्र
Hole and corner policy	A secret policy for an evil purpose	बुरे मकशद के लिए रहश्यम्यी योजना
Herculean task	A tedious job	कठिन कार्य
Hit below the belt	Contrary to principles of fairness	उसूलों के खिलाफ
Intents and purposes	Practically	प्रायोगिक तौर पर
Ins and outs	Full details	सम्पूर्ण जानकारी
An iron hand	By force	ताकत से
Kith and kin	Blood relatives	सगे सम्बन्धी
Law and equity	Legal and moral justice	सम्पूर्ण न्याय
Length and breadth	All over	पूर्ण
Lock and key	In safe place	सुरक्षित स्थान पर
Life and soul	Main support	मुख्य सहारा
Loaves and fish	Material interests	सामग्री ब्याज / मुनाफा
Leave no stone unturned	Make all possible efforts	सभी संभव प्रयास करना
Latin and Greek	Unable to understand	समझने में असमर्थ
Might and main	With all enthusiasm	पूरे उत्साह के साथ
Milk and water	Weak	कमजोर
Neck and crop	Completely	सम्पूर्ण
Nook and corner	Everywhere	सभी जगह
Null and void	Of no use, without force of application	किसी काम का नहीं
Need of the hour	Necessity of time	समय की माँग
Odds and ends	Remaining goods	शेष सामान
Over head and ears	Excessively	अत्यधिक रूप से
Open and above board	Very clear, transparent	पारदर्शिता
Pros and cons	Merits and demerits	गुण व अवगुण
Part and parcel	Being an important part of	मुख्य भाग होना
Pick and choose	To choose selectively as per wish	इच्छानुसार चुनना
Pins and needles	Small items	छोटे साधन
Rank and file	Everyone without discrimination	बिना किसी भेदभाव के सभी
Rank and ruin	Complete destructions	सम्पूर्ण विनाश
Rhyme or reason	Rational cause	तर्कसंगत कारण
Root and branch	Complete	सभी
Rain or shine	Favourable or unfavourable circumstances	अनुकूल और प्रतिकूल परिस्थितियां
Stuff and nonsense	Worthless	व्यर्थ / किसी काम का नहीं
Sum and substance	The actual theme	मुख्य उद्धेश्य
At sixes and seven	Persons who are having different opinions	भिन्न मत रखने वाले व्यक्ति
Between Scylla and Charybdis	Choice between two unpleasant alternatives	दो अप्रिय विकल्पों के बीच चुनाव
Time and tide	Course of time	समय / परिस्थिति
Tooth and nail	With all force	पूरी ताकत से
Toil and moil	Hard labour	कठिन कार्य
Ups and downs	Prosperity and adversity	उतर चढ़ाव
Why and wherefore	The basic roll season	अहम् कारण
Watch and ward	Careful guard	मजबूत पहरेदारी
Whips and spur	With greatest hurry	बहुत जल्दीबाजी में
Warp and woof	Essential parts of a thing	किसी वस्तु का अहम् हिस्सा
Weal and woe	Prosperity and adversity	सम्रधी और प्रतिकूलता