A bed of roses:Life is not a bed of
roses
A black sheep:Tareq is a black sheep of
his family.
A bone of contention:Paternal property
is a bone of contention between the two brothers.
A dark horse:We should not discuss
politics with a dark horse.
A maiden speech: A maiden speech is
important for any speaker.
A man of letters:Dr.Zoha was a man of
letters.
A white elephant:The new project has
become a white elephant for the government.
Above all:Above all he is a good man.
Achilles’heel:Moral degradation is the
Achilles’heel of our young generation.
Adhere to:He could not adhere to his
previous plan.
All on a sudden:All on a sudden he met
an accident.
An irony of fate:It was an irony of fate
that the brilliant boy failed in the examination.
An open secret:Bribery is an open secret
now.
Apple of discord:The piece of land is an
apple of discord between two brothers.
Apple of one’s eye:The only son of the
woman was the apple of her eyes.
As a result:As a result of population the
life of Dhaka city is not safe.
As far as:I shall help my friend as far
as I can.
As soon as:I shall come back as soon as I
can.
As though:He talks as though he were a
fool.
As well as :He is as well as his friends
is guilty.
Ask for:He asked me for a pen.
At a glance:He read the story at a
glance.
At a stretch :I can walk two miles at a
stretch.
At length:The matter was discussed at length
in the evening.
At random:He talks as random.
At six and sevens:Books are kept on the
table at sixes and sevens.
At stake:His life is at stake now.
At the sight of: The theif turned pale
at the sight of the police.
At the sight of:The theif fled away at
the sight of the police.
Bad blood:There is bad blood between two
sisters.
Beat about the bush:Do not beat about
the bush,come to the point.
Bed of throns: Life is a bed of thorns.
Beggar description:His sufferings beggar
description.
Beyond doubt:His honesty is beyond doubt
Big guns:All the big guns of our country
are corrupted .
Black and Blue:The theif has been beaten
black and blue.
Blue blood:We should not be proud of our
blue blood.
Bring to book:All the sinners must be
brought to book.
Burning question:Female education is the
burning question now.
By all means:I shall help you by all
means.
By hook or by crook:I will get the thing
done by hook or by crook.
By means of:He achieved success in life
by means of his hard labour.
By means of:He shone in life by means of
hard labour.
Catch sight of:I caught sight of him in
the school.
Cold war:A cold war is going on between
the two friends.
Come round:May you come round soon.
Commit something to memory:He commited
the poem to memory.
Cope with:I failed to cope with the new
environment.
Cut off: Della cut off her hair.
Cut out:They cut out a path through a
jungle.
Dead against:He is dead against me.
Dead language:Sanskrit is a dead
language now:
Drop out:Many students drop out of
school because of poverty.
End in Smoke:All my hopes ended in
smoke.
Every nock and corner:I searched every
nock and corner to find out the lost bag.
Far and near:His fame spread far and
near.
Far and wide:His reputation spread far
and wide.
Far fetched:The poet has used far
fetched images in his poems.
Flesh and blood:A flesh and blood can never
tolerate such an insult.
For good:Mr Anwar left our country for
good.
For the purpose of:I went to the market
for the purpose of buying a shirt.
For the sake of:I can do anything for
the sake of my country.
From time immemorial:Man has been living
in society from time immemorial.
Gala day:The Victory day is a gala day
for the people of Bangladesh.
Get by heart:The Students should not get
the answer by heart.
Get rid of:I want to get rid of
suffering.
Give away:Hazi Mohsin gave away all his
properties to the poor.
Give vent to:The meeting was an
opportunity for everyone to give vent to their feelings.
Go through :I have gone through your
script.
Golden age:This is a golden age for
technology.
Good for nothing:He is good for nothing
Hard and fast:I don’t like hard and fast
rules.
Hard nut to crake:It will not be easy to
convince him,he is a hard nut to crake.
Hard times:We should help our relatives
in their hard times.
Heart and soul:Students should try heart
and soul to pass the exam.
Hue and cry:Don’t make hue and cry.
In a nut shell:He told the story in a
nut shell.
In cold blood:He commited a crime in
cold blood.
In front of:There is a play ground in
front of our school.
In full swing:The factory is going on in
full swing.
In lieu of :I took coffee in lieu of
tea.
In no time:I shall come back in no time.
In order to:I read more in order to make
a good result.
In spite of :In spite of:In spite of his
riches he is unhappy.
In the event of :We should try again in
the event of failure.
In the guise of:The Caliph went out in
the guise of a common man.
In the long run:Sinners suffer in the
long run.
In the long run:Sinnner suffer in the
long run.
In the mean time:In the mean time he
might have reached home.
Ins and outs:I know the ins and outs of
the incident.
Instead of:He took biology instead of mathematics.
Jump at an offer:He jumped at the offer
of the post of manager.
Keep pace with:We should keep pace with
the modern world.
Kick off:He kicked off the ball.
Learn by heart:I learnt the poem by
heart.
Leave no stone unturned:He left no stone
unturned to do the job.
Let the cat out of bag:I was trying to
keep the matter a secret,but my friend cat out
of the bag.
Look after:He looks after his parents.
Look down upon:We should notlook down
upon the poor.
Look forward to:I am looking forward to
your reply.
Maiden speech:His maiden speech pleased
us all.
Make up one’s mind: I have made up my mind to go to
visit the zoo.
Make fun of:Don’t make fun of with
everything.
Make up one’s mind:He made up his mind
to leave the country.
Make up:He made up a false story.
Nip in the bud:His hopes were nipped in
the bud at his father’s death.
Null and void:The rule is now null and
void.
Of one’s own accord:He went there of his
own accord.
On the contray:He hates me,on the
contraray,I love him very much.
On the eve of:He was absent on the eve
of my departure.
On the instant:The accident happened on the
instant.
On the sly:They left the room on the
sly.
On the whole:On the whole,he is honest.
Once for all:He left for home once for
all.
Once in blue moon:He comes here once in
a blue moon.
Out and out:He is out and out a gentle
man.
Part and percel:A library is a part and
percel of a school.
Put down:I put down his address in my
note book.
Put up with:I cannot put up with such an
insult.
Rainy day:We should save for rainy day.
Skim through :He skimmed through the
paper.
So that:He works hard so that he can
succeed in life.
Storm in a tea pot:The politicians are
raising storm in a tea pot.
Take after:The girl takes after her
mother.
Take place:Our war of independence took
place in 1971.
The lion’s share:He takes the lion’s
share of the business.
Then and there:He did the work then and
there.
Through dust in ones eyes:A clever man
throws dust in a fool’s eyes.
To and fro:He is moving to and fro.
To give up:We should give up our bad
habits.
Ups and downs:There is ups and downs in
a man’s life.
Well off:He was born in a well off family.
Win over:He won over me in the end.
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