Idioms List - محاورے
1240 Famous Idioms with their Urdu Meanings and Examples
Let one down
disappoint
June really let her mother down when she was arrested.
[To] let sleeping dogs lie
let things be, allow a matter to rest - This comes from Chaucer, who wrote in Troylus and Criseyde in 1374, "It is nought good a slepying hound to wake"
Maybe I should have said something about the past overtime abuses, but I thought it was better to let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the cat out of the bag
to tell a secret
Brianne had no idea that her niece was getting married, but then her sister let the cat out of the bag.
Level with someone
be brutally honest with someone
Bob decided to level with Miriam and tell her that her work needed some improvement.
Lie like a rug
to lie and speak mistruths repeatedly
Nola lied like a rug about her involvement in the crime.
Lift oneself up by the bootstraps
to raise oneself up by one's own efforts, mostly unaided
Tony was from a working class family, but he lifted himself up by the bootstraps and eventually became a professor.
Light a fire under someone
to motivate and inspire someone to act
Mr. Jackson had to light a fire under the students to get them to come to class.
Lighten up
tell someone not to be so dour; a request to take life less seriously
Gee, I wish you would lighten up a little – you're so hard on yourself!
Live and let live
mind one's own business and live one's own life, not worrying about others
Erin has a wonderful live and let live attitude that I admire.
Living it up
having a great time, a party
The kids were really living it up at the beach party.
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