Idiom or muhavara

•  Chicken feed = Small amount of money 

I got a job during the  holiday but the pay was chicken feed 

•  spring chicken = young person 

All old Indian actors think themselves spring chicken 

•  Like a headless chicken = to act without thinking

As soon as garden  opened , my brother started running  like a headless chicken

•   Horse sense = ability to take good descisions, common sense

Don't worry Sourya has good horse sense  and he will not involve in the project

•  Eat crow = publically admit that you were worng in something 

Sagar has done wrong and he is going to have to  eat crow

•  Fat cat = a powerful person , politician ,a businessman

The place was full of fat cats on their big yatchs

•  Cat's whisker = to be better than every one else

I thought I was the cat's whiskers in my dress

•  Around the clock = all day and night 

The departmental store is open around the clock

•  In dutch = in trouble 

The boy was in dutch with his friends 

•  A big gun = an important person 

She is a big gun in Indian politics 

•  Other fish to fry = to have something more important to do 

Please be as brief as you can ,I have other fish to fry

•  Afraid of her own shadow = easily frightened

On hearing of the news of kidnapping ,she became afraid of her own shadow

@ Pink slip = A letter to inform that she had lost her job 

The minute she arrived at office ,she has given the pink slip

@ Forty winks = Short sleep 

She just needs Forty winks in order to be able to work all night

@ To be fair and square = Honest .completely fair

She won the game Fair and Square

@ Picks on = salect, to harass,bother someone

Chetan is very upset because the new manager always picks on him

@ Teething problem = Problems that happen in early stages of doing something new { when baby is teething she is often in pain and cry}

I have recently changed my job and I am going to have teething problem

@ Jaundice eye = Prejudice ,pre conception not based on rason and experience

You must not judge anything with jaundice eye

@ Feather in his nest = to take advantage of the opportunity to enrich himself 

Whatever Meena works  is just for feather in his nest not for office progress

@ A close fisted man = miser ,stingy ,very careful with money

My uncle is close fisted man   

@ Raining cat and dog = raining heavily [ bhari varsha,tej barish ]

Don't go out please  because its raining cat and dog.

[ kripa karke bahar mat jaye kyuki bahut tej barish ho rhi he ]

@ Cat nap = short sleep [ jhhapki lena ,thoda aram karna ]

I feel better after a cat nap 

[ Thoda jhhapki lene ke bad  mai achha mahsus karta hu ]

@ Piece of cake = easy task [ aasan kam ]

cooking is a piece of cake for me

[ khana banana mere liye aasan kam he ]

@ Bag of bones = weak ,thin [ kamjor,patli dubli,haddiyon ka dhancha ]

After long time of illness she became bag of bones

 [  lambi bimari ke bad vah bahut kamjor ho gayi he ]

@ Feel blue =feeling sad [ dhukhi hona ]

I am feeling blue because he has rejected my praposal

[ usne mera shadi ka prastav thukra diya isliye mai bahut dhukhi hun ]

@ Spill the bean = reveal the truth [ sachchai bata dena ]

I am going  to spill the bean on monday

[ mai somvar ko sari sachhai bata dungi ]

@ Cheesy = silly [ murkh ]

Do you want to hear cheesy joke

[ kya aap murkhta purn majak sunna pasand karenge ]

@ Full of bean = have a lot of energy [ urja se bharpur ]

When i eat banana I feel full of bean
[ jab me kela khati hu mujhe bahut energy mahsus hota he ]

@Pig out = eat a lot and quickly [ bhut khana ]

I am going to pig out this night 

[ mai aaj rat bhut khana khane vali hu ]

@ Between jobs = unemployed [ berojgar ]

She refused my proposal now she is between jobs 

[ usne mera prastav thukra diya ab vah berojgar he ]

@ Black sheep = bad member of group [ samuh me se  bura insan ]

My brother is black sheep of my family

@ Horse around = play roughly

my mother told me if you are going to horse around, go outside

@ Smell a rat = suspicious [ shak, sandeh,dal me kuchh kala ]

I started to smell a rat when he said he was working late in office.

@ Pipe dream = a wish that cant be true [ vah sapana jo kabhi pura na ho ]

Going to america is pipe dream for us because we do not have enough money to buy pizza now.

@ A snake in the grass = a hidden enemy[ aastin ka sanp ]

After long time I realized my best friend is a snake in the grass.

@ Cream of crop = the best of group [ group me sabse achha ]

I want cream of crop at birthday party

@ Set people by ears = to incite people [uksana]

few people set people  by ear for their own benefits

@ Palmy days = days of happiness [ khushiyo ke din ]

Every one want to remember his palmy days

@ Oily tongue = flattering words [ mohit karne vali bate ]

Anyone can impress  with your oily tongue

@ Out of woods = out of danger [ khatre se bahar ]

He was hospitalized but now he is out of woods

@ Bird brain = stupid ,lack of intlligence [ murkh ]

Hey! bird brain ,come here 

@ Have mixed feelings = having doubt , confused 

I have mixed feeling about Rani because sometimes she behave like a good girl and other time she incite people.

@ Cold feet = nervous

Kaim said I should drive a car but I had cold feet

@ Have a second thought = having doubts 

I want to become a doctor but I have a second thought about it.

@ Hold your horse = Wait for sometimes

Hold your horse ,I am coming

@ Apple pie order = in perfect order

Please put everything in apple pie order

@ Die in harness = Die while working

His father died in harness

@ Eat humble pie = Make an apology

you have to eat humble pie for being rude

@ Give a long rope = allow someone to get in to trouble

Don't  give your child a long rope 

@ Under the rose = secretly

He helps poor under the rose

@ In a pickle = be in trouble

He is in pickle because he has so much debt

@ In a nutshell = briefly

I don't have time please tell me this description in a nutshell

@ Small fry  = un- important

I was thinking that he is business man but I got him a small fry

@ Fall flat = flop [ asafal hona ]
He tried hard to cook pulav but all his effort was fall flat


@ Have your heart in your mouth = scared [ dar jana ]
whenever I see snake I get my heart in my mouth


@ Wear your heart on your sleeve = emotional people tells their feeling and their thinking easily
 I can trust Veena because she wears her heart on her sleeve 


@ A stone's throw =  short distance ,very near
My house is just stone's throw away from the Forum mall


@ Keep at arm's length = keep a distance, [dur se hi namaste ]
Jyoti always speaks about vulgarity so I keep her at arm's length


@ Foam at mouth = to be very angry
when he argued with me  I was almost foaming at mouth


@ Show your teeth = to show your anger
I showed my teeth to the shopkeeper when he was not replacing his broken chair.


@ French leave = leave without permission 
students are not allowed to take french leaves in schools

@Hanky panky = devious, mischief ,dubious ,romantic action
There was hanky panky going on under the table.


@ Closed book = to be  a mystery 
maths subject  is closed book for me.


@ Month of Sundays = a very long time
 You can not learn English ,it will take month of Sundays


@Back to square one = to return to the starting point
I did so many mistakes in letter  so  Ria its back to square one 

@ Wet his whistle = have a drink
He stopped at the bar to wet his whistle

@ thick and thin = in spite of all difficulties 
Over the years, we remained loyal through  thick and thin

@ Live wire = energetic 
My 9 year old son is an incredible live wire

@ Cool his heel = keep waiting 

He had to cool his heels before he could get an appointment with the doctor

@ Bury the hatchet = make peace

Our captains of rival teams should try to bury the hatchet

@ Bored to death(bored  silly, bored to tears,bored to distraction) = very bore 
 I am bored to death .Let's do something 

@ Throw in the towel ( throw in the sponge)  = to quit 
There is no chance for me to win so I am ready to throw in the towel

@  Go dutch =  to share the cost of something especially meal
I actually prefer going dutch so you don't have to pay for me 

go dutch

@ Chicken = Coward 
Stop being a chicken , just go and ask mohani on a date 

@ Couch potato = Addicted to television watching, lazy
My husband is couch potato ,he sits in front of the tv all day long 

couch potato

goose bumps

@ Goose bumps (goose pimples) = Excitement,prickling,tingling sensation 
When he told me that he loved me ,I got goose bumps 

@ Rain or shine = Regardless of weather ,or circumstance
No matter what the circumstances, as in we promised we would finished the project tomorrow,rain or shine

@The early bird catches the worm = hard work will result in success
If you see a job that interests you ,apply as soon as possible the early bird catches the worm

@Whole nine yards = everything ,all of it 
I bought the TV, the home theater system... The whole nine yard

@ Say uncle = to admit failture

Its time that you will say uncle because Ana is better than you

@Shake a leg = tell people to hurry up

sheg a leg or we'll miss the party!

@Shape up(ship out) = to develope 

After his many serious mistakes ,the boss warned him that he had to shape up 

@ Shotgun marriage = a marriage into which one or both partners are forced, usually because the bride is pregnant

It was shotgun marriage because Nancy was pregnant

@Spring chicken = not young anymore

I am spring chicken but i lie about my age 

@Sweat blood = to work very hard 

She sweats blood everyday just to bring washing machine at home 

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