Top 20 Important Idioms and Phrases with Hindi Meaning | Uptet, supertet,SSC & Competitive Exams Vocabulary

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1. Bad blood

👉 : Angry feeling / enmity / ill feeling / hostility between people

👉  आपसी दुश्मनी, मनमुटाव

2. Ball is in your court

👉  It is up to you to make the next decision / To be responsible for further action

👉  अब फैसला तुम्हारे हाथ में है

3. Black sheep

👉 A person who is not accepted as part of a group because of bad conduct / Person with bad reputation

👉 : कुल कलंक / बदनाम व्यक्ति

4. Chicken-hearted

. Timid / Cowardly / Easily frightened

👉 : डरपोक

5. Fair-weather friends

👉 : Friends who support only in good times

👉 : स्वार्थी मित्र

6. For good

👉 Permanently / Forever

👉 : हमेशा के लिए

7. In black and white

👉 : In writing / Written down or in print

👉 : लिखित रूप में

8. In the nick of time

👉Just in time / At the last possible moment

👉  सही समय पर / ठीक समय पर

9. Leave someone in the lurch

👉  To leave someone helpless / Desert someone in difficulties

👉 मुसीबत में छोड़ देना

10. Out of the blue

 Completely unexpectedly / Suddenly

👉 : अचानक / बिना चेतावनी के

11. Take to one’s 

 To run away / Run away in fear

👉  भाग जाना

12. To jump on the bandwagon

👉 To follow popular trends / Join something because it is likely to succeed

👉  चलन के पीछे लग जाना

13. A bird’s eye view

👉  A general view from above / Overall view

👉 : संक्षिप्त समग्र दृश्य / ऊँचाई से दृश्य

14. A cakewalk

👉 : An easy task / Easy achievement

👉 बहुत आसान काम

15. A fool’s paradise

👉  Being happy for foolish reasons / False happiness based on ignorance

👉 झूठी खुशी / भ्रम में रहना

16. A leopard can’t change its spots

👉  It is impossible for a person to change one’s character

👉 स्वभाव नहीं बदलता

17. A man of straw

👉  A weak or cowardly person

👉  कमजोर व्यक्ति

18. A wolf in sheep’s clothing

👉: A hypocrite / A dangerous person pretending to be harmless

👉 भेड़ की खाल में भेड़िया

19. Child’s play

👉  Something very easy to do

👉 बच्चों का खेल

20. Cool as a cucumber

👉  Not nervous or emotional / Calm and composed

👉  शांत और संयमित

21. Cut corners

👉: To save time or money by doing something carelessly

👉 : गलत तरीके से काम करना / जल्दबाजी में करना