1.
All in all (सर्वेसर्ववा)
Use – Ravi is all in all in his office.
2. At sixes and sevens (अव्यर्वस्थित)
Use – When I went to my room, I got my books at
sixes and sevens.
3. An apple of discord (झगड़े की जड)
Use – Kashmir is an apple of discord between
India and Pakistan.
4. At draggers drawn (घोर शत्रत
ु व)
Use – It is at draggers drawn between India and
Pakistan.
5. An axe to grind (अपनव थर्वविा ससद्ध करनव)
Use – People don’t trust those who have an
axe to grind.
6. Against the rainy day (बरु ़े दिनों क़े सिए)
Use – We should save some things for rainy
day.
7. At the eleventh hour (अंततम समय पर)
Use – If you begin your studies at eleventh
hour, you can not be sure to pass.
8. At a stone’s throw (पवस)
Use – Your uncle lives at stone’s throw from
my house.
9. A square deal (सवफ सौिव)
Use – We can not expect a square deal from a
dishonest man.
10. A black sheep (बिनवम व्यस्तत)
Use – Tom Ramsay was a black sheep.
11. A bed of roses (फूिों की स़ेज)
Use – Life is not a bed of roses.
12. An open secret (खि
ु व रहथय)
Use – ‘An open secret’ is an example of
oxymoron.
13. Above board (ईमवनिवर र्व व्यस्तत)
Use – He is a above board.
14. A turn coat (ििबिि)ू
Use – Many people do not like a turn coat
leaders.
15. A red letter day (महत्र्वपर्
ू ा दिन)
Use – 15th August is a red letter day for the
Indians.
16. A white elephant (बहुत खर्चीिव ि़ेककन कम महत्र्व
कव)
Use – A mobile is a white elephant for a poor man.
17. At large (थर्वतंत्र)
Use – The murderer is still at large.
18. At random (बबनव ककसी उद्ि़े श्य क़े)
Use – He spent his money at random.
19. Bag and baggage (बोररयव बबथतर क़े सवि)
Use – The English left India bag and baggage.
20. Beat about the bush (घम
ु व कफरव कर बवतें करनव)
Use – Don’t beat about the bush.
21. By hook or by crook (उचर्चत यव अनचु र्चत तरीक़े स़े)
Use – Now a days many students want to pass by
hook or by crook.
22. Bury the hatchet (परु वनी शत्रत
ु व भि
ु व ि़े नव)
Use – It is wise for India and Pakistan to bury the
hatchet and be friends again.
23. By leaps and bounds (दिन िन
ू व रवत र्चौगन
ु व)
Use – India is making progress by leaps and
bounds.
24. Bring to book (सजव ि़े नव)
Use – Tom was brought to book by Aunt Polly.
25. Black and white (सिखखत)
Use – Give your application in black and
white.
26. A man of letters (वर्वद्र्ववन व्यस्तत)
Use – Our principal is a man of letters.
27. Child’s play (आसवन कवया)
Use – To study science is not child’s play.
28. Castles in the air (हर्ववई ककि़े बनवनव)
Use – Don’t waste your time in building
castles in the air.
29. Die in harness (कताव्य पविन करत़े हुए मर जवनव)
Use – Nehru died in harness.
30. Fool’s paradise (मख
ू त
ा वपर्
ू ा असभिवषव)
Use – The students who want to pass without working
hard, live in fool’s paradise.
