Idioms List - محاورے
1240 Famous Idioms with their Urdu Meanings and Examples
[Have one's] cake and eat it too
دو با کمال لو گو ں سے مُقا بلہ کر نا
to experience two competing ideals
If Mandy thinks she's going to be the boss but do no work,
she can forget it
she can't have her cake and eat it too
Cake-walk
آسا ن کا م/کسی چیز کاغیر مُتو قع طور پر آسا ن ہو نا
an easy thing; something that turns out to be unexpectedly easy
I was so nervous about speaking in public, but with the teleprompter, it turned out to be a cakewalk.
Call a spade a spade
جو با ت جیسے ہے ویسے ہی بیا ن کرنا
to tell it like it really is; to be brutally honest
He was very direct, always calling a spade a spade, so it was no surprise when he told us we did a shoddy job.
Call girl
جسم فرو ش عورت
a prostitute
The newspaper reported that the man was going to call girls and paying for it with company money.
Call in on the carpet
اپنے کسی قریبی کے سا تھ مُصیبت میں پھنس جانا
to reprimand; get in trouble with a parent, boss or spouse; This comes from the days when the only person in the company to have a carpet was the boss
After Celia took a 3-hour lunch, she was called in on the carpet by the floor manager.
Call it a day/night
کا م یا کھیل کو ختم کر نا
to end working/playing; to stop and be content with the progress made on work thus far
The firefighters spent hours trying to rescue the house but finally decided to call it a day.
Call it quits
کُچھ کر تے ہوَے رُک جانا/چھو ڑ دینا
to stop doing something; to give up
He was tired of meeting tougher and tougher ratings and decided to call it quits after 35 years in the radio business.
Call of nature
رفعِ حا جت کا محسوس ہونا
the need to go to the bathroom
Halfway through the drive, he got the call of nature, and we had to stop at a rest area so he could go.
Call someone's bluff
کسی کے خلا ف اپنے حق کے لیے دعوی کرنا
to challenge a claim of someone and demand to know if it's true
George had been threatening to quit volunteering unless he was given new equipment, so Jean decided to call his bluff and asked when he would make good on his promise.
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