Idioms and Phrase কি?
Phrase কাকে বলে?
Phrase হচ্ছে এমন একটি শব্দগুচ্ছ (group of words) যাতে কোনো Subject এবং Finite verb থাকে না। কিন্তু Sentence- এ ব্যবহৃত হয়ে কোনো Parts of Speech- এর ন্যায় কাজ করে। যেমন- The man in blue shirt is my father.
Idioms কাকে বলে?
Idioms হল একটি বহুল ব্যবহৃত উক্তি বা অভিব্যক্তি যা একটি রূপক অর্থ ধারণ করে যা শব্দগুচ্ছের আক্ষরিক অর্থ থেকে আলাদা থাকে।
আরও পড়ুনঃ Adverb কাকে বলে? কত প্রকার ও কি কি?
Idioms and Phrase প্রকারভেদঃ
English Phrase- কে নিম্নলিখিত কয়েকটি ভাগে ভাগ করা যায়।
- Noun Phrase;
- Adjective Phrase;
- Adverbial Phrase;
- Prepositional phrase;
- Interjectional Phrase;
- Verbal Phrase;
- Conjunctional Phrase
আরও পড়ুনঃ বিসিএস লিখিত প্রস্তুতি (ইংরেজি) (BCS Written English Preparation)
A List of Important Idioms & Phrases
Idioms & Phrases = Meaning
ABC = primary knowledge
A castle in the air= a day dream
A dead letter = useless document
A fair crack of the whip = a period of importance
A fish out of water = uncomfortable situation
A green horn = an inexperienced person
A mammoth task = a herculean task/ a difficult task
A round dozen = a full dozen
A sitting duck = an easy target
A square peg in a round hole = unsuitable
A stitch in times saves nine = timely action
A utopian scheme = an unreal plan fault which is small but can cause a person’s
Achilles ‘ heel = fall
All and sundry = everyone
All Greek = totally unintelligible
All in = tired
Apple of discord = matter of dispute
Apple of sodom = good for nothing
As though = as if
At a loss = at one’s wit’s end
At a low ebb = declining
At arm’s length = short distance
At bay = in a tight corner
At daggers = drawn on the point of fighting
At sixes and sevens = chaotic condition
At stake = in danger
Bad blood = ill feeling, animosity
Bag and baggage = with all possessions
Beat the clock = finish the task
Beggar description = beyond description
Behind closed doors = secretly
Between the lines = hidden meaning
Bid fair show = signs of prosperity
Big guns = important people
Bill of fare = a list of dishes at restaurant
Birds-eye view = overall picture/ rough idea
Bite the dust = fall to the ground
Black and blue = covered with bruises
Black sheep = wicked man
Blue colour job = a job with manual labour
Blue blood = aristocratic birth, aristocracy
Blue chips = industrial shares considered to be a safe investment
Bolt from the blue = unexpected danger
Bottom line = the essential point
Break the ice = break the silence
Bring to book = take to task
Bring to light = make open, published
Bring to pass = cause to happen
Bull market = rising
Burning question = important issue
By and by = SOON
By and large = everywhere
By fits and starts = irregularly
By hook or by crook = by any means
By leaps and bounds = very rapidly
৪৬ তম বিসিএস পরিপূর্ণ প্রস্তুতি নিতে এখনই এনরোল করুন।
Call in question = doubt
Call to mind = remember
Capital punishment = death penalty
Carry into effect = make into reality
Carry the day = win, be victorious
Cat’s paw = a person used by another as a tool or dupe
Close-fisted man miser
Cock and bull story = absurd story/ unbelievable story/ A false story
Come to an end = end
Come to light = to publish
Come to terms = any group of words considered as a member of construction
Crocodile tears = false tears
Cry in the wilderness = unheard appeal
Crying needs = important
Culpable homicide = murder
Cut a sad figure = cut a sorry figure
Cut and dry = already decided
Dark horse = unknown person
Dead against = strongly opponent
Dead language = a language which is no longer in use
Dead letter = law that is not in force
Deep water = in trouble
Die in harness = die under the pressure of tasks
Dilly Dally = to waste time frivolously
Dog days = hot weather
Double game = double edged policy
Down to earth = realistic
Draw the line = to set a limit at something
End in smoke = fail
Ended in fiasco = complete failure
Every now and then = often/ frequent
Fair and square = honest
Fall flat = become failed
Far and near = all around
Few and far = between rarely
Fight shy = avoid
Flesh and blood = human body
Flying colors = win
Fool’s paradise = a state of being happy for foolish
For good = for ever/ permanently
French leave = leave without permission
From cradle = to grave from birth to death
Full fledged = full
Gala day = a day of festivity
Get along = to be amiable with one
Get rid of = to be free
Gift of the gab = power of delivering speech
Go through = read lightly
Greek to = unknown, unintelligible
Half a chance = an opportunity, a reasonable chance
Hand in glove = close/ intimate
Hard and fast = fixed
Hard up = insolvent; with insufficient money
Head in the cloud = day dream
Heart and soul = fixed
Herculean task = a very difficult task
Hit the roof = be angry
Hold water = bear examination
Horns of a dilemma = danger in both side
Hot water = be in problem
Hue and cry = noise
Hush money = bribe
In a fix = difficult situation, at a loss, puzzled/ perplexed
In a nutshell = briefly
In abeyance = adjourn
In addition = to additionally, further
In black and white = in writing
In cold blood = calmly and calculatively
In lieu of = in stead of
In the face of = against
In the nick of time = in right time
In the teeth of = experiencing something difficult
In vogue = in fashion
Irony of fate = by bad luck
Jaundiced eye = biased views
Keep body and soul together = to keep alive hardly
Kith and kin = relatives
Lame excuse = bad plea
Landslide victory = very substantial win
Lay waste = destroy
Leave no stone unturned = try all means
Lion’s share = major portion
Live from hand to mouth = live in poor circumstance
Long and short substance = abstract
Look before you leap = be wary
Look down upon = to hate
Look forward = to wait for something with joy
Loom large = important role
Loophole = flaws
Lose the day = to become defeated
Maiden speech = first speech
Make a case = to give reason why something has been done
Make a clean breast of = to admit the fault with open mind
Make a mountain of = to make the small bigger unnecessarily
Make good = to compensate
Make out = to understand
Make up one’s mind = decide something by someone
Man of letters = learned man, scholar
Man of straw = a worthless man
Marvel at = be taken aback
Milk and water = lifeless
Moot point = undecided matter
ব্যাংক জব পরিপূর্ণ প্রস্তুতি নিতে এখনই এনরোল করুন।
Nip in the bud = spoil in the beginning
Now and then = occasionally
Null and void = cancelled
Of late = recently
Of the first water of = high value or class
Off and on = occasionally
On the eve of = just before
Once in a blue moon = very rarely
Out and out = completely; thoroughly
Over head and ears = deeply
Palmy days = day of prosperity
Part and parcel = an integral part
Pass the buck = to pass the blame to someone else
Past master = expert
Pick holes = in find faults with
Pin money = sundry expenses
Plough sands = do useless work
Point blank = directly
Pros and cons = advantages and disadvantages
Put heads together = to discuss solve any problems
Put up with = to tolerate
Raise one’s eyebrow = to cause surprise
Rank and file = common person
Riding for a fall = to act recklessly
Right and left = indiscriminately
Run into debt = borrow something
Run riot behave = in a lawless way
Run short = to finish
Salt of life = valuable things
Scape-goat = blame to others
Silver lining = hope
Sine die = for an uncertain period
Sit on the fence = remain neutral in a dispute
Six of one, and half dozen of another = negligible difference
Smell a rat doubt = impugn
Snake in the grass = a secret foe, a hidden enemy
Soft soap = flattery for self motives
Sorry figure = poor result
Spare no pains = leave no stone unturned
Stone’s throw = within very short distance
Swan song = last work
Take a fancy = to like
Take into account = to consider
Take the bull by the horns = to challenge the enemy with courage
The three R’s = elementary education
Three score = three times twenty
Through and through = completely
Through thick and thin =under all conditions, every way and every time
Throw cold water = discourage
To do away with = to get rid of
To end in smoke = to come to nothing
To get along = with to adjust
To kick the bucket = die
To meet trouble half way = to be puzzled
To put the cart before the horse = to reverse the natural order of things
To raise one’s eye-brow = show surprise or disapproval
To stick to one’s gun = to refuse to change one’s position
Tooth and nail = strongly
Tom, Dick, and Harry = ordinary or common people
Tumble down = stumble
Turn over a new leaf = open a new chapter
Up and doing = active and lively
Up to the mark = standard
Ups and downs = rises and falls
Vexed question = difficult problem
Weal and woe = happiness and sorrow
Wear and tear = damage
Well off = solvent
Well-to-do = rich, solvent
White elephant = a very costly and troublesome possession
White colour job = a job without manual labour
Widow’s mite = small contribution of a poor man
Worth one’s while = profitable
Yeoman’s service = valuable help
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