500 Important Idioms & Phrases (Bilingual)
Part 1 (1 to 100) | English Meaning + Marathi Meaning
- A blessing in disguise – A good thing that seemed bad at first – सुरुवातीला वाईट वाटणारी पण नंतर फायदेशीर ठरणारी गोष्ट
- A bone of contention – A cause of dispute – वादाचा मुद्दा
- A piece of cake – Something very easy – अतिशय सोपे काम
- Above board – Honest and legal – प्रामाणिकपणे, उघडपणे
- Achilles' heel – A weak point – कमकुवत बाजू
- Act one's age – Behave according to your age – वयानुसार वागणे
- Add fuel to the fire – Make a bad situation worse – आगीत तेल ओतणे
- All ears – Listening carefully – लक्षपूर्वक ऐकणे
- All in all – Most important person or thing – सर्वस्व, महत्त्वाची व्यक्ती
- All that glitters is not gold – Appearances can be deceptive – दिसते तसे नसते
- Apple of one's eye – A very dear person – लाडकी व्यक्ती
- At sixes and sevens – In confusion – गोंधळलेल्या अवस्थेत
- At the eleventh hour – At the last moment – शेवटच्या क्षणी
- Back to square one – Start again from the beginning – पुन्हा सुरुवातीपासून
- Bark up the wrong tree – Accuse the wrong person – चुकीच्या व्यक्तीवर आरोप करणे
- Beat around the bush – Avoid the main topic – मुद्दा टाळणे
- Beat the clock – Finish before time – वेळेआधी काम पूर्ण करणे
- Bed of roses – Easy and comfortable life – सुखाचे जीवन
- Birds of a feather – People of similar nature – समान स्वभावाचे लोक
- Bite off more than you can chew – Take on too much work – क्षमतेपेक्षा जास्त काम घेणे
- Bite the bullet – Face a difficult situation bravely – कठीण परिस्थितीला धैर्याने सामोरे जाणे
- Black and white – Clear and definite – स्पष्टपणे
- Black sheep – Disgraceful member of a family – कुटुंबातील बदनाम व्यक्ती
- Blind alley – A useless course of action – निष्फळ मार्ग
- Blow one's own trumpet – Praise oneself – स्वतःची स्तुती करणे
- Blue blood – Noble birth – उच्च कुलीन व्यक्ती
- Body and soul – Completely – पूर्णपणे
- Break the ice – Start a conversation – संवादाची सुरुवात करणे
- Bring to light – Reveal something – उघड करणे
- Burn the midnight oil – Work or study late at night – रात्रभर अभ्यास/काम करणे
- By hook or by crook – By any means – कोणत्याही मार्गाने
- Call a spade a spade – Speak plainly – स्पष्ट बोलणे
- Cast pearls before swine – Offer something valuable to those who cannot appreciate it – अयोग्य व्यक्तीसमोर चांगल्या गोष्टी मांडणे
- Catch red-handed – Catch in the act of doing wrong – रंगेहाथ पकडणे
- Chicken-hearted – Cowardly – भित्रा
- Cock and bull story – An unbelievable story – खोटी गोष्ट
- Crocodile tears – Fake sorrow – खोटे अश्रू
- Cut a sorry figure – Look foolish or embarrassed – लाजिरवाणी अवस्था होणे
- Cut corners – Do something cheaply or carelessly – शॉर्टकट वापरणे
- Dark horse – Unexpected winner – अनपेक्षित विजेता
- Dead tired – Extremely tired – खूप थकलेला
- Die hard – Difficult to disappear – सहज नष्ट न होणारे
- Dog days – Very hot days – अतिशय उष्ण दिवस
- Donkey's years – A very long time – खूप वर्षे
- Drop in the ocean – Very small amount – नगण्य गोष्ट
- Eat humble pie – Admit your mistake – नमते घेणे
- Elbow room – Space to move freely – मोकळी जागा
- Every cloud has a silver lining – Every problem has some good aspect – प्रत्येक संकटात संधी असते
- Face the music – Accept consequences – परिणामांना सामोरे जाणे
- Fair and square – Honestly and fairly – प्रामाणिकपणे
- Feather one's nest – Gain personal benefit – स्वतःचा फायदा करून घेणे
- Fight tooth and nail – Fight very hard – जीव तोडून प्रयत्न करणे
- Fish out of water – Feel uncomfortable – अस्वस्थ वाटणे
- Fly in the ointment – A small problem in a good situation – आनंदात अडथळा
- Food for thought – Something worth thinking about – विचार करण्यासारखी गोष्ट
- From hand to mouth – Living with just enough money – हातावर पोट असणे
- Get cold feet – Become nervous – घाबरणे
- Get into hot water – Get into trouble – अडचणीत येणे
- Get the sack – Lose a job – नोकरी जाणे
- Give and take – Mutual compromise – तडजोड
- Go the extra mile – Make extra effort – अपेक्षेपेक्षा अधिक प्रयत्न करणे
- Go to the dogs – Deteriorate badly – अधोगती होणे
- Golden opportunity – Excellent chance – सुवर्णसंधी
- Good for nothing – Useless person – निरुपयोगी
- Green with envy – Very jealous – मत्सराने जळणे
- Hail and hearty – Healthy and strong – निरोगी व तंदुरुस्त
- Hand in glove – Closely associated – घनिष्ठ संबंध असणे
- Hang by a thread – Be in danger – धोक्यात असणे
- Hard nut to crack – Difficult problem or person – कठीण व्यक्ती/समस्या
- Have a finger in every pie – Be involved in everything – सर्व गोष्टींमध्ये हस्तक्षेप करणे
- Hit the nail on the head – Say exactly the right thing – अचूक बोलणे
- Hold one's tongue – Keep silent – गप्प राहणे
- In black and white – In writing – लेखी स्वरूपात
- In hot water – In trouble – अडचणीत
- In the blink of an eye – Very quickly – क्षणार्धात
- In the long run – Eventually – दीर्घकाळात
- Iron out – Resolve difficulties – समस्या सोडवणे
- Jump the gun – Act too soon – घाई करणे
- Keep an eye on – Watch carefully – लक्ष ठेवणे
- Keep body and soul together – Manage to survive – कसाबसा उदरनिर्वाह करणे
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500 Important Idioms & Phrases (Bilingual)
Part 2 (101 to 200) | English Meaning + Marathi Meaning
- To add insult to injury – To make a bad situation even worse – जखमेवर मीठ चोळणे
- To blow hot and cold – To change opinions frequently – मत वारंवार बदलणे
- To break the news – To announce important information – बातमी सांगणे
- To burn one's fingers – To suffer loss or trouble – नुकसान सोसणे
- To call it a day – To stop working for the day – काम थांबवणे
- To cast doubts – To create suspicion – शंका निर्माण करणे
- To cry over spilt milk – To regret something that cannot be changed – झालेल्या गोष्टीबद्दल पश्चात्ताप करणे
- To cut a long story short – To tell briefly – थोडक्यात सांगायचे तर
- To draw a blank – To fail to get a result – अपयशी ठरणे
- To eat one's words – To admit being wrong – स्वतःचे शब्द मागे घेणे
- To fall flat – To fail completely – पूर्ण अपयशी होणे
- To feather one's own nest – To gain personal advantage – स्वतःचा फायदा करून घेणे
- To feel under the weather – To feel unwell – अस्वस्थ वाटणे
- To fight shy of – To avoid something – टाळण्याचा प्रयत्न करणे
- To find fault with – To criticize – दोष काढणे
- To follow suit – To do the same as others – इतरांचे अनुकरण करणे
- To get wind of – To hear about something secretly – खबर लागणे
- To give up the ghost – To stop trying – प्रयत्न सोडून देणे
- To go against the grain – To act against one's nature – मनाविरुद्ध वागणे
- To go from bad to worse – To become more difficult – अधिकच वाईट होणे
- To go off the deep end – To become extremely angry or emotional – संतापणे किंवा नियंत्रण गमावणे
- To have a bee in one's bonnet – To be obsessed with an idea – एखाद्या गोष्टीचे वेड असणे
- To have an axe to grind – To have a selfish motive – स्वार्थ असणे
- To have one's hands full – To be very busy – खूप काम असणे
- To hit below the belt – To act unfairly – अन्यायकारक वागणे
- To hit the jackpot – To achieve great success – मोठे यश मिळवणे
- To keep at bay – To keep away – दूर ठेवणे
- To keep one's fingers crossed – To hope for good luck – चांगल्या निकालाची आशा ठेवणे
- To keep one's word – To fulfill a promise – दिलेले वचन पाळणे
- To leave in the lurch – To abandon in difficulty – अडचणीत सोडून जाणे
- To let sleeping dogs lie – To avoid reopening old disputes – जुने वाद उकरून न काढणे
- To lose heart – To become discouraged – निराश होणे
- To lose one's temper – To become angry – रागावणे
- To make a mountain out of a molehill – To exaggerate a small issue – छोट्या गोष्टीचा बाऊ करणे
- To make ends meet – To manage expenses – उदरनिर्वाह करणे
- To make fun of – To laugh at someone – चेष्टा करणे
- To make up one's mind – To decide – निर्णय घेणे
- To miss the point – To fail to understand the main idea – मुख्य मुद्दा न समजणे
- To move heaven and earth – To make every possible effort – खूप प्रयत्न करणे
- To nip in the bud – To stop something at an early stage – सुरुवातीलाच थांबवणे
- To play second fiddle – To take a less important role – दुय्यम भूमिका निभावणे
- To play with fire – To take dangerous risks – धोकादायक काम करणे
- To put one's foot down – To be firm – ठाम भूमिका घेणे
- To put the cart before the horse – To do things in the wrong order – उलटे काम करणे
- To rain cats and dogs – To rain heavily – मुसळधार पाऊस पडणे
- To read someone's mind – To know what someone is thinking – मनातील गोष्ट ओळखणे
- To rise to the occasion – To perform well in a difficult situation – प्रसंगानुरूप वागणे
- To rub shoulders with – To associate with important people – मोठ्या लोकांमध्ये वावरणे
- To save one's skin – To protect oneself – स्वतःचा बचाव करणे
- To see red – To become very angry – खूप राग येणे
- To set the ball rolling – To start something – कामाची सुरुवात करणे
- To show one's true colours – To reveal one's real character – खरे स्वरूप दाखवणे
- To smell a rat – To suspect something wrong – संशय येणे
- To stand on one's own feet – To be self-reliant – स्वावलंबी होणे
- To steal the show – To attract the most attention – सर्वांचे लक्ष वेधून घेणे
- To stick to one's guns – To remain firm in one's beliefs – स्वतःच्या मतावर ठाम राहणे
- To take advantage of – To use for personal benefit – फायदा घेणे
- To take the bull by the horns – To face a difficult situation boldly – संकटाला धैर्याने सामोरे जाणे
- To throw cold water on – To discourage – उत्साह कमी करणे
- To turn a deaf ear – To ignore deliberately – दुर्लक्ष करणे
- To turn over a new leaf – To start afresh – नव्याने सुरुवात करणे
- To wash one's hands of – To refuse responsibility – जबाबदारी झटकणे
- To wear one's heart on one's sleeve – To express emotions openly – भावना उघडपणे व्यक्त करणे
- To win hands down – To win easily – सहज विजय मिळवणे
- Up in arms – Very angry or protesting – संतप्त होणे
- Under one's nose – Right in front of someone – अगदी समोर
- Under the table – Secretly or illegally – गुप्तपणे
- Until the cows come home – For a very long time – खूप वेळ
- Walk on air – To feel extremely happy – आनंदाने भारावून जाणे
- Wash dirty linen in public – To discuss private matters publicly – घरचे वाद सार्वजनिक करणे
- Water under the bridge – Something in the past and no longer important – जुनी गोष्ट
- Wear many hats – To perform many roles – अनेक भूमिका पार पाडणे
- Weather the storm – To survive difficulties – संकटावर मात करणे
- Well off – Financially comfortable – श्रीमंत असणे
- Wet blanket – A person who spoils others' enjoyment – उत्साह कमी करणारी व्यक्ती
- When pigs fly – Something impossible – अशक्य गोष्ट
- White elephant – Costly but useless possession – खर्चिक पण निरुपयोगी वस्तू
- Wild goose chase – Futile search or effort – व्यर्थ प्रयत्न
- Win over – To gain support – आपल्या बाजूने वळवणे
- Word of mouth – Information spread by speaking – तोंडी प्रसिद्धी
- Work like a dog – To work very hard – खूप मेहनत करणे
- Worth one's salt – Competent and deserving – सक्षम असणे
- Yellow journalism – Sensational or misleading journalism – खोटी किंवा सनसनाटी पत्रकारिता
- You can say that again – Strong agreement – अगदी बरोबर
- A hard nut to crack – A difficult problem or person – कठीण समस्या
- A man of means – A wealthy person – श्रीमंत व्यक्ती
- A storm in a teacup – Much fuss about a small matter – छोट्या गोष्टीवरून मोठा गोंधळ
- All thumbs – Clumsy with hands – कामात अनाडी
- As cool as a cucumber – Very calm – शांत स्वभावाचा
- As busy as a bee – Extremely busy – खूप व्यस्त
- As blind as a bat – Unable to see well – पूर्णपणे आंधळा
- As fit as a fiddle – Very healthy – पूर्ण निरोगी
- As good as gold – Very well-behaved – अतिशय चांगला
- As right as rain – Completely healthy or fine – पूर्णपणे ठीक
- At arm's length – Keeping a distance – अंतर ठेवून
- At loggerheads – In serious disagreement – मतभेद असणे
- At one's wit's end – Completely confused or frustrated – पूर्ण गोंधळलेला असणे
- Backseat driver – One who gives unwanted advice – विनाकारण सल्ला देणारा
- Beyond one's reach – Impossible to obtain – आवाक्याबाहेर
- Burn bridges – Destroy relationships permanently – संबंध तोडणे
- By leaps and bounds – Very rapidly – झपाट्याने
- Catch someone off guard – Surprise someone unexpectedly – अचानक गाठणे
- Come rain or shine – No matter what happens – काहीही झाले तरी
- Cross one's mind – To occur as a thought – मनात येणे
- Cut to the chase – Get to the main point – थेट मुद्द्यावर येणे
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500 Important Idioms & Phrases (Bilingual)
Part 3 (201 to 300) | English Meaning + Marathi Meaning
- Eagle eye – Very sharp eyesight or observation – तीक्ष्ण नजर
- Easy come, easy go – Things gained easily are often lost easily – सहज मिळालेले सहज जाते
- Egg on one's face – To feel embarrassed because of a mistake – अपमानित होणे
- End in smoke – To fail completely – निष्फळ ठरणे
- Every inch – Completely; in every respect – पूर्णपणे
- Eye opener – Something surprising that teaches a lesson – डोळे उघडणारी गोष्ट
- Face value – Apparent value without deeper analysis – दर्शनी मूल्य
- Fall into place – To become organized or clear – व्यवस्थित जुळून येणे
- Far and wide – Over a large area – सर्वत्र
- Fast and furious – Very quickly and intensely – अतिशय वेगाने
- Fight a losing battle – To struggle without much chance of success – हरण्याची शक्यता असलेला संघर्ष करणे
- Find one's feet – To become confident in a new situation – परिस्थितीशी जुळवून घेणे
- Fine feathers make fine birds – Good appearance creates a good impression – वेशभूषेमुळे प्रभाव पडतो
- First things first – Important things should be done before others – प्रथम महत्त्वाची गोष्ट
- Fish in troubled waters – To take advantage of a difficult situation – संधीचा फायदा घेणे
- Fit as a fiddle – In excellent health – पूर्णपणे निरोगी
- Flash in the pan – Success that lasts only a short time – क्षणिक यश
- Flesh and blood – Family members or relatives – आप्तस्वकीय
- Fly off the handle – To become suddenly angry – अचानक रागावणे
- For good – Forever; permanently – कायमचे
- For the time being – For now; temporarily – सध्या
- From pillar to post – To move from one place to another without success – इकडून तिकडे भटकणे
- Full of beans – Full of energy and enthusiasm – उत्साहाने भरलेला
- Gain ground – To make progress – प्रगती करणे
- Get a move on – To hurry up – घाई करणे
- Get out of hand – To become uncontrollable – नियंत्रणाबाहेर जाणे
- Get to the bottom of – To discover the real cause – मूळ कारण शोधणे
- Give a hand – To help someone – मदत करणे
- Give the benefit of doubt – To believe someone despite uncertainty – संशयाचा फायदा देणे
- Go bananas – To become very excited or crazy – वेडा होणे / खूप उत्साहित होणे
- Go down in history – To be remembered in history – इतिहासात नोंद होणे
- Go from strength to strength – To become more successful continuously – सतत प्रगती करणे
- Go the whole hog – To do something completely – पूर्ण प्रयत्न करणे
- Good Samaritan – A person who helps others selflessly – मदत करणारी व्यक्ती
- Grease someone's palm – To bribe someone – लाच देणे
- Hammer and tongs – With great energy and force – जोमाने
- Hand to mouth – Living with only enough money to survive – रोज कमावून रोज खाणे
- Hard and fast rule – A strict rule – कठोर नियम
- Have a narrow escape – To barely avoid danger – थोडक्यात बचावणे
- Have bigger fish to fry – To have more important things to do – अधिक महत्त्वाचे काम असणे
- Have the last laugh – To finally succeed after difficulties – शेवटी यश मिळवणे
- Head over heels – Deeply in love – पूर्णपणे प्रेमात पडणे
- Heart and soul – With complete dedication – मनापासून
- Hit the road – To start a journey – प्रवासाला निघणे
- Hold water – To be reasonable or valid – तर्कसंगत असणे
- In a nutshell – In brief – थोडक्यात
- In cold blood – Without emotion or mercy – निर्दयपणे
- In deep water – In serious trouble – मोठ्या अडचणीत
- In full swing – Operating actively – जोमात सुरू असलेले
- In high spirits – Very happy and cheerful – आनंदी मनःस्थितीत
- In the good books of – Favoured by someone – मर्जी संपादन करणे
- In the same boat – In the same situation – समान परिस्थितीत असणे
- Jump on the bandwagon – To join a popular trend – इतरांचे अनुकरण करणे
- Keep the wolf from the door – To avoid poverty or hunger – उपासमारी टाळणे
- Know by heart – To memorize completely – तोंडपाठ असणे
- Land on one's feet – To recover easily from difficulty – संकटातून सहज बाहेर पडणे
- Laugh in one's sleeve – To laugh secretly – मनातल्या मनात हसणे
- Learn the ropes – To learn how to do a job – काम शिकणे
- Leave no room for doubt – To make something certain – शंकेला वाव न ठेवणे
- Like a fish out of water – Feeling uncomfortable in surroundings – अस्वस्थ वाटणे
- Live from hand to mouth – To survive with very little money – कसाबसा उदरनिर्वाह करणे
- Long face – A sad expression – उदास चेहरा
- Loose cannon – An unpredictable person – बेफिकीर व्यक्ती
- Make a clean breast of – To confess everything – सर्व कबूल करणे
- Make a name for oneself – To become famous – प्रसिद्धी मिळवणे
- Make head or tail of – To understand something – अर्थ समजणे
- Make room for – To create space for – जागा करून देणे
- Meet one's Waterloo – To suffer a crushing defeat – पराभूत होणे
- Mend one's ways – To improve behavior – वागणूक सुधारणे
- Mind one's own business – To focus on one's own matters – स्वतःच्या कामाशी काम ठेवणे
- Neck and neck – Very close in competition – बरोबरीत
- No love lost – Mutual dislike – परस्पर द्वेष असणे
- Not one's cup of tea – Not something one likes – आवडीची गोष्ट नसणे
- Off and on – Occasionally – अधूनमधून
- Off the record – Not for public discussion – अधिकृत नोंदीबाहेर
- On the spur of the moment – Without planning – अचानक
- Open one's heart – To speak honestly about feelings – मन मोकळे करणे
- Out of danger – Safe from harm – धोक्याबाहेर
- Out of order – Not working properly – बिघडलेले
- Out of question – Impossible – अशक्य
- Pay lip service – To express support without action – वरवर समर्थन करणे
- Play into someone's hands – To unintentionally help another person – दुसऱ्याला फायदा होईल असे वागणे
- Pour oil on troubled waters – To calm a dispute – शांतता प्रस्थापित करणे
- Put two and two together – To reach a conclusion from facts – अंदाज बांधणे
- Rain on someone's parade – To spoil someone's happiness – आनंदावर विरजण घालणे
- Read the writing on the wall – To see signs of future trouble – संकटाची चाहूल लागणे
- Ring a bell – To sound familiar – काहीतरी आठवणे
- Roll up one's sleeves – To prepare for hard work – कामाला लागणे
- Run for one's life – To run to escape danger – जीव वाचवण्यासाठी पळणे
- Save for a rainy day – To save money for future needs – भविष्यासाठी बचत करणे
- See through – To understand the truth – खरे स्वरूप ओळखणे
- Shake hands with – To greet by holding hands – हस्तांदोलन करणे
- Sink or swim – To succeed or fail by one's own efforts – यशस्वी हो किंवा अपयशी ठर
- Sit on the fence – To avoid choosing a side – कोणतीही बाजू न घेणे
- Skeleton in the cupboard – A hidden secret – लपवलेले गुपित
- Speak volumes – To reveal a lot without words – बरेच काही सांगणे
- Square meal – A complete and satisfying meal – पोटभर जेवण
- Stand to reason – To be logical – तर्कसंगत असणे
- Strike while the iron is hot – To take advantage of an opportunity – योग्य संधीचा फायदा घेणे
- Swan song – Final performance or act – शेवटचे कार्य
- Take after – To resemble a family member – गुणधर्म मिळणे
- Take by surprise – To surprise unexpectedly – आश्चर्यचकित करणे
- Take pains – To make a great effort – मेहनत घेणे
- The apple of discord – Cause of disagreement – भांडणाचे कारण
- The gift of the gab – Ability to speak fluently and persuasively – प्रभावी बोलण्याची कला
- The pros and cons – Advantages and disadvantages – फायदे आणि तोटे
- Through thick and thin – In good and bad times – सुखदुःखात
- Throw in the towel – To admit defeat – हार मानणे
- Tight corner – Difficult situation – कठीण परिस्थिती
- Time is money – Time is valuable – वेळ मौल्यवान आहे
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- To and fro – Moving backward and forward repeatedly – इकडून तिकडे
- Turn the tables – Reverse a situation in one's favor – परिस्थिती उलटवणे
- Under a cloud – Being under suspicion or disgrace – संशयाखाली असणे
- Under the weather – Feeling slightly ill – अस्वस्थ असणे
- Ups and downs – Good and bad times – चढ-उतार
- Up to the mark – Reaching the required standard – अपेक्षेप्रमाणे
- Up to date – Modern and current – अद्ययावत
- Use one's head – Think carefully and intelligently – बुद्धी वापरणे
- Walk the talk – Act according to what one says – सांगितल्याप्रमाणे वागणे
- Waste not, want not – Careful use prevents shortage – बचत करा, गरज पडणार नाही
- Watch one's step – Be careful in actions – सावध राहणे
- Wear and tear – Damage caused by regular use – झीज
- Well and good – Acceptable and satisfactory – ठीक आहे
- Wet behind the ears – Inexperienced – अनुभवहीन
- White lie – Harmless lie told to avoid hurting someone – निरुपद्रवी खोटे
- Whole-heartedly – With complete sincerity – मनापासून
- With flying colours – With great success – मोठ्या यशाने
- Work one's fingers to the bone – Work extremely hard – खूप मेहनत करणे
- Work wonders – Produce excellent results – चमत्कार घडवणे
- Worth its weight in gold – Extremely valuable – अत्यंत मौल्यवान
- You reap what you sow – Actions have consequences – जसे पेराल तसे उगवेल
- Zero in on – Focus attention on something – लक्ष केंद्रित करणे
- Above suspicion – Beyond any doubt or suspicion – संशयाच्या पलीकडे
- Across the board – Affecting all areas equally – सर्व क्षेत्रांत
- All at sea – Completely confused – गोंधळलेला
- All bark and no bite – Threatens but never acts – फक्त बोलणारा, कृती न करणारा
- All set – Fully prepared – पूर्ण तयार
- Any port in a storm – Any help is welcome in difficulty – अडचणीत कोणतीही मदत चालते
- As plain as day – Very clear and obvious – अगदी स्पष्ट
- At all costs – No matter what happens – कोणत्याही किंमतीत
- At cross purposes – Misunderstanding each other – गैरसमजामुळे मतभेद होणे
- At the drop of a hat – Immediately and without delay – लगेच
- Bag and baggage – With all belongings – सर्व सामानासह
- Bear in mind – Remember carefully – लक्षात ठेवणे
- Behind closed doors – In secret – गुप्तपणे
- Below the belt – Unfair or cruel – अन्यायकारक
- Beside the point – Irrelevant to the matter – मुद्द्याशी संबंधित नसलेले
- Beyond doubt – Certainly true – निःसंशय
- Big fish – Important or influential person – प्रभावशाली व्यक्ती
- Bird's eye view – General overview – विहंगावलोकन
- Blow one's top – Become extremely angry – खूप रागावणे
- Born with a silver spoon – Born into wealth – श्रीमंत घरात जन्मलेला
- Break new ground – Do something innovative – नवीन सुरुवात करणे
- Bring home the bacon – Earn money for the family – उदरनिर्वाह करणे
- Brush aside – Ignore or dismiss – दुर्लक्ष करणे
- Burn the candle at both ends – Work excessively hard – अतिशय मेहनत करणे
- By all means – Certainly; of course – अवश्य
- Call off – Cancel something – रद्द करणे
- Carry the day – Achieve victory – विजय मिळवणे
- Cast in the same mould – Very similar in character – एकाच प्रकारचे असणे
- Change hands – Transfer ownership – मालकी बदलणे
- Come across – Meet unexpectedly – अचानक भेटणे
- Come to terms with – Accept a situation – स्वीकारणे
- Cost an arm and a leg – Be very expensive – खूप महाग असणे
- Cross the bridge when you come to it – Deal with problems when they arise – वेळ आल्यावर विचार करणे
- Cut and dried – Already decided – आधीच ठरलेले
- Cut no ice – Have no effect – प्रभाव न पडणे
- Dead to the world – Sleeping very deeply – गाढ झोपलेला
- Do away with – Eliminate completely – संपवून टाकणे
- Do one's best – Make maximum effort – सर्वोत्तम प्रयत्न करणे
- Down and out – Poor and without resources – अत्यंत गरीब
- Draw a line under – Put an end to something – एखादी गोष्ट संपवणे
- Drive home – Emphasize strongly – ठसवून सांगणे
- Drop a hint – Give an indirect suggestion – सूचक इशारा देणे
- Eat like a horse – Eat a lot – भरपूर खाणे
- Enough is enough – A limit has been reached – आता पुरे झाले
- Every dog has its day – Everyone gets a chance – प्रत्येकाला संधी मिळते
- Fair play – Honest and just behavior – न्याय्य वर्तन
- Far cry from – Very different from – खूप वेगळे
- Feather in one's cap – An achievement to be proud of – अभिमानास्पद कामगिरी
- Few and far between – Rarely found – फारच क्वचित
- Fight fire with fire – Use the same methods as an opponent – जशास तसे उत्तर देणे
- Fill the bill – Meet expectations – अपेक्षा पूर्ण करणे
- First come, first served – Service given in order of arrival – जो आधी येईल त्याला प्राधान्य
- Follow in someone's footsteps – Copy someone's example – कोणाचे अनुकरण करणे
- For ages – For a very long time – खूप काळ
- From scratch – From the beginning – अगदी सुरुवातीपासून
- Get away with – Escape punishment – शिक्षा टाळणे
- Get cracking – Start working immediately – लगेच काम सुरू करणे
- Get off lightly – Receive little punishment – कमी शिक्षा होणे
- Give someone the cold shoulder – Ignore someone deliberately – दुर्लक्ष करणे
- Go Dutch – Each person pays their own share – प्रत्येकाने स्वतःचा खर्च करणे
- Go easy on – Be less harsh – सौम्य वागणे
- Go out of one's way – Make a special effort – विशेष प्रयत्न करणे
- Golden handshake – Large payment on retirement – निवृत्तीवेळी दिलेली मोठी रक्कम
- Hang fire – Delay action – विलंब होणे
- Have a whale of a time – Enjoy greatly – खूप मजा करणे
- Have butterflies in one's stomach – Feel nervous – घाबरल्यासारखे वाटणे
- Hit the books – Begin studying seriously – अभ्यासाला लागणे
- Hold one's horses – Wait and be patient – थोडी वाट पाहणे
- In black and white – Written down clearly – लेखी स्वरूपात
- In broad daylight – In full daylight – भर दिवसा
- In good faith – With honest intentions – प्रामाणिक हेतूने
- In one's good books – Favored by someone – मर्जीमध्ये असणे
- In the dark – Uninformed – माहिती नसणे
- Jump to conclusions – Form opinions too quickly – घाईने निष्कर्ष काढणे
- Keep one's chin up – Remain cheerful and confident – धैर्य राखणे
- Keep up with – Stay at the same level as others – बरोबरी राखणे
- Leave well enough alone – Avoid changing something that works – चांगल्या गोष्टीत बदल न करणे
- Let bygones be bygones – Forget past disagreements – जुने वाद विसरणे
- Live up to expectations – Meet expected standards – अपेक्षा पूर्ण करणे
- Look down upon – Consider inferior – तुच्छ लेखणे
- Make a long story short – Tell briefly – थोडक्यात सांगायचे तर
- Make hay while the sun shines – Take advantage of a good opportunity – संधीचा फायदा घेणे
- More or less – Approximately – साधारणपणे
- No stone left unturned – Make every possible effort – सर्वतोपरी प्रयत्न
- On speaking terms – Having a friendly relationship – बोलण्याचे संबंध असणे
- Out of sight, out of mind – Forgotten when not seen – नजरेआड ते मनाआड
- Pass the buck – Shift responsibility to someone else – जबाबदारी दुसऱ्यावर ढकलणे
- Put off – Postpone something – पुढे ढकलणे
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- Pull one's leg – To tease or joke with someone – मस्करी करणे
- Put one's foot in one's mouth – To say something embarrassing – चुकीचे बोलून अडचणीत येणे
- Read the room – To understand the mood of a situation – परिस्थिती समजून घेणे
- Rock the boat – To disturb a peaceful situation – शांतता भंग करणे
- Rule the roost – To be in control – वर्चस्व गाजवणे
- Run against the clock – To race against time – वेळेशी स्पर्धा करणे
- Save one's breath – To avoid wasting words – व्यर्थ बोलणे टाळणे
- See the light – To understand the truth – सत्य समजणे
- Set one's sights on – To aim for a goal – लक्ष्य निश्चित करणे
- Shake a leg – To hurry up – घाई करणे
- Show off – To display abilities proudly – दिखावा करणे
- Sink one's teeth into – To focus deeply on a task – एखाद्या कामात पूर्ण लक्ष घालणे
- Sleep on it – To think before deciding – निर्णय घेण्यापूर्वी विचार करणे
- Speak one's mind – To express opinions honestly – मनातील गोष्ट स्पष्टपणे सांगणे
- Stand one's ground – To refuse to change one's position – आपल्या मतावर ठाम राहणे
- Stick one's neck out – To take a risk – धोका पत्करणे
- Take a back seat – To accept a less important role – दुय्यम भूमिका स्वीकारणे
- Take it easy – To relax and remain calm – शांत राहणे
- Take stock of – To review a situation carefully – परिस्थितीचा आढावा घेणे
- The ball is in your court – It is your turn to act or decide – आता निर्णय तुमच्यावर आहे
- The best of both worlds – Enjoying advantages of two situations – दोन्ही बाजूंचा फायदा मिळणे
- The bottom line – The most important point – मुख्य मुद्दा
- The tip of the iceberg – A small visible part of a larger issue – मोठ्या गोष्टीचा छोटा भाग
- Think outside the box – To think creatively – चौकटीबाहेर विचार करणे
- Throw caution to the wind – To take risks freely – धोका पत्करणे
- Throw the baby out with the bathwater – To lose something valuable while removing something unwanted – चांगल्या गोष्टीसह वाईट गोष्टही टाकून देणे
- Time flies – Time passes very quickly – वेळ भराभर निघून जाते
- To the point – Brief and relevant – मुद्देसूद
- Turn a blind eye – To ignore deliberately – जाणीवपूर्वक दुर्लक्ष करणे
- Turn over a new leaf – To start a better way of life – नव्याने सुरुवात करणे
- Under one's thumb – Completely controlled by someone – पूर्ण नियंत्रणाखाली असणे
- Up in the air – Uncertain and undecided – अनिश्चित असणे
- Walk in someone's shoes – To understand another person's situation – दुसऱ्याच्या परिस्थितीत स्वतःला ठेवून पाहणे
- Wash one's hands of – To refuse responsibility – जबाबदारी झटकणे
- Water down – To make less effective or weaker – प्रभाव कमी करणे
- Wear the pants – To be the person in control – नियंत्रण ठेवणे
- Weather the storm – To survive difficulties – संकटावर मात करणे
- When it rains, it pours – Problems come together – संकटे एकामागोमाग येणे
- Win by a landslide – To win by a large margin – मोठ्या फरकाने जिंकणे
- Word travels fast – News spreads quickly – बातमी पटकन पसरते
- Wrap one's head around – To understand something difficult – पूर्णपणे समजून घेणे
- You can't judge a book by its cover – Appearance can be misleading – बाह्य रूपावरून निर्णय घेऊ नये
- A bitter pill to swallow – An unpleasant fact to accept – स्वीकारण्यास कठीण गोष्ट
- A close shave – A narrow escape from danger – थोडक्यात बचाव
- A fishy story – A suspicious or unbelievable story – संशयास्पद गोष्ट
- A leopard can't change its spots – A person's nature cannot change – स्वभाव बदलत नाही
- A sight for sore eyes – A welcome and pleasing sight – आनंददायी दृश्य
- All roads lead to Rome – Many ways can achieve the same goal – ध्येय गाठण्यासाठी अनेक मार्ग असतात
- An open book – A person who is easy to understand – स्पष्ट व प्रामाणिक व्यक्ती
- As luck would have it – By chance or fortune – योगायोगाने
- At daggers drawn – In bitter hostility – तीव्र वैर असणे
- Back to the drawing board – Start again after failure – पुन्हा नव्याने सुरुवात करणे
- Bark is worse than bite – Someone sounds threatening but is harmless – बोलणे जास्त, कृती कमी
- Beat a dead horse – Waste effort on a finished matter – व्यर्थ प्रयत्न करणे
- Between a rock and a hard place – Caught in a difficult situation – दोन्ही बाजूंनी अडचणीत असणे
- Bite the hand that feeds you – Harm someone who helps you – उपकारकर्त्याशीच वाईट वागणे
- Burn one's boats – Destroy all chances of retreat – माघार घेण्याचा मार्ग बंद करणे
- Business as usual – Normal routine continues – नेहमीप्रमाणे कामकाज
- By the skin of one's teeth – Barely succeed or escape – थोडक्यात
- Carry coals to Newcastle – Do something unnecessary – निरर्थक काम करणे
- Castles in the air – Unrealistic dreams – हवेतले मनोरे बांधणे
- Cold comfort – Little consolation – अपुरे सांत्वन
- Cry wolf – Give a false alarm – खोटा इशारा देणे
- Curiosity killed the cat – Too much curiosity can be harmful – अति चौकशी नुकसानकारक ठरते
- Cut the Gordian knot – Solve a difficult problem boldly – कठीण समस्या सोडवणे
- Devil may care – Carefree attitude – बेफिकीर वृत्ती
- Dog in the manger – One who prevents others from using something – स्वतः वापरत नाही आणि दुसऱ्यालाही वापरू देत नाही
- Dot the i's and cross the t's – Pay attention to details – प्रत्येक तपशीलाकडे लक्ष देणे
- Drop in the bucket – A very small amount – अत्यल्प प्रमाण
- Elephant in the room – An obvious problem nobody discusses – सर्वांना माहीत असलेली पण टाळलेली समस्या
- Every now and then – Occasionally – अधूनमधून
- Face the facts – Accept reality – वास्तव स्वीकारणे
- Fall by the wayside – Fail before completion – मध्येच अपयशी ठरणे
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread – Foolish people act without thinking – मूर्ख लोक विचार न करता कृती करतात
- Forgive and forget – Stop being angry about the past – माफ करून विसरणे
- Get a taste of one's own medicine – Receive the same treatment given to others – जशास तसे फळ मिळणे
- Give credit where credit is due – Praise the deserving person – योग्य व्यक्तीचे कौतुक करणे
- Go with the flow – Adapt to circumstances – परिस्थितीनुसार वागणे
- Hit the sack – Go to bed – झोपायला जाणे
- In a pickle – In trouble or confusion – अडचणीत असणे
- It takes two to tango – Both parties share responsibility – दोघेही तितकेच जबाबदार असतात
- Jump through hoops – Go through many difficulties – खूप कष्ट करणे
- Keep something at bay – Prevent something from coming closer – दूर ठेवणे
- Leave no doubt – Make something certain – शंका उरणार नाही असे करणे
- Make a beeline for – Go directly toward something – सरळ जाणे
- No pain, no gain – Success requires effort – कष्टाशिवाय यश नाही
- On the same wavelength – Thinking in a similar way – समान विचार असणे
- Out of the frying pan into the fire – From one problem to a worse one – एका संकटातून दुसऱ्या संकटात जाणे
- Practice makes perfect – Repeated practice leads to improvement – सरावाने परिपूर्णता येते
- Put all your eggs in one basket – Depend on a single option – सर्व आशा एका गोष्टीवर ठेवणे
- Rome was not built in a day – Great achievements take time – मोठी कामे वेळ घेऊन पूर्ण होतात
- Take the plunge – Make a bold decision – धाडसी निर्णय घेणे
- The writing on the wall – Warning signs of trouble – संकटाची पूर्वसूचना
- Throw in the towel – Admit defeat – हार मानणे
- Two heads are better than one – Cooperation gives better results – दोन मने एकापेक्षा चांगली
- Where there's a will, there's a way – Determination finds solutions – इच्छाशक्ती असेल तर मार्ग सापडतो
- Wild horses couldn't drag me away – Nothing can change my decision – कोणत्याही परिस्थितीत मत बदलणार नाही
- Wrap up – Bring something to an end – समाप्त करणे
- Your guess is as good as mine – I do not know either – मलाही माहिती नाही
- Zero tolerance – No acceptance of certain behavior – अजिबात सहन न करणे
VisionGov Academy | Idioms & Phrases Bilingual (English + Marathi) | Part 5 (401-500)

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