Idioms List - محاورے
1240 Famous Idioms with their Urdu Meanings and Examples
Boozehound
پکا شرابی
a heavy drinker
Oona was turning into a boozehound since she started going to the casino every night.
[A] bone of contention
فساد کی جڑ
a sore subject, a point of argument with some people
Bob's radical politics was a bone of contention with his family.
[A] bone to pick
بحث کرنے کا موضوع
a topic of argument, like two dogs growling over a bone
I was mad over the cost and have a bone to pick with the caterer.
[Make no] bones about something
مکہن نہ لگانا
don't try to sugarcoat it or put a good face on it
To speak honestly about a matter. She made no bones about favoring the girls because she felt they had been slighted in the past.
[Throw him/her a] bone
کسی کو کُچھ دیر کےلۓ وقفہ دینا
give someone a break
Since Carlos went through a hard time last year, the professor threw him a bone and allowed him to make up the classes on the weekends.
Bonkers
پا گل ہو جا نا
crazy
I'll go bonkers if I have to spend 18 hours in the car with that loud radio playing.
Born and bred
جنم بھو می،جا ۓ پیداش
said of a place where one is born and raised
Benjamin was born and bred in Chicago, Illinois.
Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
سو نے کا چمچہ لے کر پیدا ہو نا
from a rich, indulgent family
Our manager was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and doesn't know anything about hard work.
Bottle [it] up inside
ا پنے مساۂل ا پنے آپ تک محدود ر کھنا
to keep problems to oneself, to the point of bursting
Kieran kept his troubles bottled up inside.
Bottleneck
تنگ و دُ شوار گُزار را ستہ
a tight, narrow entry-point preventing easy passage
Traffic is usually congested at a bottleneck. There was a bottle neck at the photo-copy machine because we all had reports due at once.
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