Idioms List - محاورے
1240 Famous Idioms with their Urdu Meanings and Examples
Blow the whistle on
کسی کی بد عُنوانی فا ش کر نا
to reveal or expose wrongdoing to the authorities
John is going to blow the whistle on that corrupt agency.
Blow-by-blow account
کسی کام کی مُکمل تفصیلات بیان کرنا
a detailed description of an event
Give me a blow-by-blow account of everything that happened that night.
Blue blooded
اعلی خا ندان سے منصوب کہاوت
aristocratic - This term arose when the rich got to stay indoors (and thus their skin was pale and even, bluish), while the poor had to work outside and got tan
Polo used to be the sport of the blue-blooded.
[Once in a] blue moon
بُہت نایاب
very rarely
Moons of a blue color happen only occasionally, like after a volcanic explosion. I only get to go out dancing once in a blue moon.
Blue-sky thinking
سُہانے خواب دٰیکہنا،اُمیدیں لگا بیٹہنا
dreaming, hoping, aspiring
All entrepreneurs spend some time blue-sky thinking.
Blues
دل ہار بیٹہنا،پریشان ہو جانا
two meanings: 1. low spirits; depression, 2. type of jazz music
1. She had the blues when her husband left her. 2. Ginny liked to listen to the blues on the radio.
[A] boatload of
بُہت سارا، کسی چیز کا انبار
many; a ton of something
In January, the thrift shop got a boatload of donations from people who received unwanted Christmas gifts..
Boob tube
ٹیلی وثرن
television; This name comes from a time when TVs functioned by way of cathode ray tubes
I like to relax by watching the boob tube.
Bombshell
راز فاش ہو جانا،چونکا دینے والی خبر
a secret revealed; shocking news
He dropped a bombshell when he revealed that he had been married three times before.
Boondocks
بُہت دور اُ فتادہ دیہاتی علاقہ
a very remote, rural place; out in the countryside
They loved the woods because they grew up way out in the boondocks.
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