Idioms List - محاورے

1240 Famous Idioms with their Urdu Meanings and Examples

Bear fruit

کامیاب ہونا

yield results; be successful

I applied for five different jobs, so we'll see if any of the applications bear fruit or not.

Bear with me

مجھ سے در گُزر کرو

have patience with me

Bear with me if I'm a little slow today - I only got 4 hours of sleep last night.

Beat a dead horse

تکرار ختم ہونےکے بعد بھی جھگڑا جاری رکھنا

to keep fighting even after the argument is over; to continue to harangue and harp on a subject

It was fruitless to collect money from the bankrupt business, but still Jana kept beating a dead horse with her collection calls.

Beat around (about) the bush

گُھما پھرا کے بات کرنا

hesitate in getting to the point; speak indirectly; This comes from hunting, when one beats the bushes in order to scare prey out into the open (this process usually takes longer than catching the animals directly)

You should come right out and ask for a raise instead of beating around the bush.

Beat the rap

کسی کیس کا اختتام ہونا

avoid a penalty; This comes courtroom procedures: when a judge raps his gavel, it means that court has begun or ended its session - Beating a rap means that one has prevailed in court and is done with a case

The accused shoplifter beat the rap when the store video was found to be defective.

Beaten path

روایتی راستہ

the traditional route

The conventional way. Sometimes it's riskier but mire rewarding to avoid the beaten path.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

خو بصورتی دیکھنے والے کی آنھ میں ہے

what is beautiful to one person may be awful to another

No one could understand what she saw in that old house, but then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is only skin-deep

اندرونی خوبصورتی ظاہری خوبصورتی سے اہم ہے

a proverb which means that outside looks are not important, implying that one's inner beauty is more important

She was a beautiful girl, but beauty is only skin-deep, and what's more important is how good a person she is.

[No] Bed of roses

پھولوں کی سیج نہیں

not a place of comfort, beauty or ease

Working in that beehive is no bed of roses, believe me.

Beef up

طاقت ور ہونا

to strengthen

After Roy joined the football team, he beefed up to 220 lbs.

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