Idioms English & Bengali - Page 1-4

English & Bengali Idioms - Page 1

A speech form or an expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. Idiom is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements. It is the specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.

There are thousands of idioms and they are used frequently in all languages. Here are the very common idioms of english to bangla.

·         a bad apple

·         a bed of roses

·         a bed of roses thorns

·         a black sheep

·         a blessing in disguise

·         a bolt from the blue

·         a piece of cake

·         a rainy day

·         a rotten apple

·         a slow coach

·         abc

·         above all

·         above board

·         achilles heel

·         after all

·         all at once

·         all but

·         all on a sudden

·         apple of discord

·         as if

·         as it were

·         as usual

·         at a loss

·         at a low ebb

·         at a stretch

·         at all

·         at all events

·         at arm’s length

·         at bay

·         at dagger drawn

·         at home

·         at large

·         at last

·         at least

·         at once back and call

·         at once finger ends

·         at one’s own sweet will

·         at one’s wit’s end

·         at random

·         at sixes and sevens

·         at stake

·         at the eleventh hour

·         bad blood

·         bad debts

·         bad faith

·         bad shoot

·         bag and baggage

·         be bad at

·         be in ones bad books

·         be on ones back

·         be up and doing

·         beat about the bush

·         beat black and blue

·         bed of roses

·         beggar description

·         bell the cat

·         bid fair

·         big cheese

·         big gun

·         bird of a feather

English & Bengali Idioms - Page 2

·         birds eye view

·         black sheep

·         blue blood

·         bone of contention

·         book worm

·         bosom friend

·         breathe one's last

·         breathe out

·         bring to book

·         bring to light

·         build castles in the air

·         bunch of fives

·         burning question

·         but me no buts

·         by all means

·         by and by

·         by and large

·         by chance

·         by dint of

·         by far

·         by fits and starts

·         by hook or by crook

·         by leaps and bounds

·         by no means

·         by the by

·         call a spade a spade

·         call in question

·         call to mind

·         carry the day

·         catch red handed

·         cats and dogs

·         chip of the old block

·         clever hit

·         cock and bull story

·         come off with flying colours

·         come to light

·         cringing flatterer

·         crocodile tears

·         crying need

·         curry favour

·         cut a sorry figure

·         cut to the quick

·         dead against

·         dead language

·         dead of night

·         die in harness

·         do yeoman's service

·         end in smoke

·         fall flat

·         far and wide

·         feather ones nest

·         fight shy

·         fish in a troubled water

·         fish out of water

·         flesh and blood

·         for good

·         from a to z

·         from hand to mouth

·         gala day

·         get rid of

English & Bengali Idioms - Page 3

·         gift of the gab

·         hard and fast

·         hard nut to crack

·         harp on the same string

·         have a bad time

·         have ones eyes

·         head and ears

·         heart and soul

·         hold good

·         hold water

·         hold your horses

·         host in himself

·         household word

·         hue and cry

·         hush money

·         in a fix

·         in a hurry

·         in a nut shell

·         in black and white

·         in cold blood

·         in fine

·         in force

·         in full swing

·         in lieu of

·         in no time

·         in one's teens

·         in order to

·         in the doldrums

·         in the long run

·         in the mean time

·         in the nick of time

·         in time

·         in vain

·         in vogue

·         ins and outs

·         irony of fate

·         keep your chin up

·         kith and kin

·         know from a bare hint

·         lame excuse

·         lion's share

·         live by ones wit

·         loose cannon

·         maiden speech

·         make both ends meet

·         man of letters

·         man of straw

·         moot point

·         nip in the bud

·         now and then

·         null and void

·         of course

·         on the contrary

·         on the spur of the moment

·         on the wane

·         on the whole

·         out of date

·         out of doors

·         out of order

·         out of sorts

English & Bengali Idioms - Page 4

·         out of temper

·         out of the wood

·         part and parcel

·         pound of flesh

·         pros and cons

·         pulling your leg

·         put a spoke to ones wheel

·         put the cart before the horse

·         queer go

·         rank and file

·         read between the lines

·         reap the harvest of sin

·         red letter day

·         red tape

·         reinvent the wheel

·         round the clock

·         set a naught

·         set free

·         sink in

·         slap on the wrist

·         slip of the pen

·         slip of the tongue

·         slow coach

·         square meal

·         steer clear of

·         stick to

·         stone's throw

·         take one to task

·         take to heart

·         take to one's heels

·         the exact point

·         three r's

·         through thick and thin

·         throw dust in ones hands full

·         tickled pink

·         till the cows come home

·         to and fro

·         to the backbone

·         to the bad

·         to the contrary

·         to the letter

·         tooth and nail

·         turn a deaf ear to

·         turn down

·         turn over a new leaf

·         under the weather

·         up and downs

·         vile sycophant

·         walk in someone shoes

·         weal and woe

·         when pigs fly

·         widow's mite

·         wild goose chase

·         word of no implication

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