Idioms List - محاورے
1240 Famous Idioms with their Urdu Meanings and Examples
John Hancock
signature
Put your John Hancock on the dotted line if you agree with all the stipulations in the contract.
John Q. Public
the average person; a normal citizen
I wonder how John Q. Public will react to that ad campaign.
[A] Johnny-come-lately
a newcomer, one who enters a race at the last minute; an inexperienced, usually young person
It was surprising when that Johnny-come-lately beat the popular incumbent.
Jump the gun
act prematurely; start too early
The brothers agreed to surprise their mother after dinner with a birthday song, but Joey jumped the gun and sang it to her first thing in the morning.
Jump on the bandwagon
to do what the majority is doing
When some of his neighbors put up fences around their yards, Hal jumped on the bandwagon and installed one, also.
Jump ship
abandon; leave sneakily
All the kids who were helping to paint the house jumped ship when the ice cream truck rolled by.
Jumpy
nervous; acting scared
After she was attacked by that dog, she acted jumpy around all animals.
Just fell off the turnip truck
describes a person who is very naïve and ignorant; a hick
Tanner may look like a simple country boy, but he's savvy and didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
Just what the doctor ordered
exactly what one needs
Sissy made brownies for Al when he was feeling down, and he lit right up, saying it was just what the doctor ordered.
Kangaroo court
a sham of a legal hearing, so unfair as to be laughable; This comes from when the English first brought kangaroos back home from Australia, they were so unusual to people that anything else odd was deemed to be "kangaroolike" - The term stuck regarding very unfair courthouse trials
The judge didn't seem to care and the defense lawyer slept through the trial in that kangaroo court.
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