Idioms and phrases are essential to section officer- lok sewa preparation. We collect some idioms and phrases and their meaning with example and translate it to Nepali.
List of Idioms and Phrases meaning in Nepali
- Give in
To agree to do something that you don’t want to
do/कसैकाे कुरा मान्नु, अादेश पालना गर्नु, झुक्नु, - Wide off the mark
Irrelevant/Not accurate/Inadequate/ वास्तविकता बाट टाढा - Out of the world
Extraordinary/उत्कृष्ट - Sweep under the carpet
To hide something/केहि कुरा लुकाउनु - By leaps and bound
Very rapidly/ धेरै छिटाे छिटाे - To toe the line
To follow the lead/To follow boss’s orders/अादेशकाे पालना गर्नु - Stick to guns
Maintain opinion/ अाफुले उठाएकाे मुद्दामा अडिग रहनु - Take hat off
Encourage/To admire somebody very much for
something he has done/प्राेत्साहन गर्नु - Null and void
Empty/ खालि वा शुन्य - Break the ice
Initiate a talk/ कुनै विषयवस्तुकाे सुरूवात गर्नु जुन हुन सकिरहेकाे थिएन - Keep the wolf from the door
Avoid starvation/ जेनतेन गुजारा गर्नु - Fish in troubled water
To make a profit out of troubled situation/ प्रतिकुल अवस्था काे फाइदा उठाउनु - Look into
To investigate/ छानविन गर्नु - Smell the rat
Suspect that something is fishy/ कुनै कुरा वा विषयवस्तु लुकाइएकाे अाभास हुनु - Let the grass grow under the feet
Delay in getting things done/ ढिलासुस्ति गर्नु - Apple of discord
Cause of animosity/ - A fish out of water
In uncomfortable situations/ प्रतिकुल परिस्थितिकाे सामना गर्नु - In the long run
Over a period of time/ अन्ततः, अाखिरिमा - Jumping down one’s throat
To react very angrily to somebody/ काेहि विरूद्ध अत्याधिक रिस देखाउनु - Out of wits
Greatly confused/ दाेधारमाे अवस्थामा हुनु - Call spade a spade
To speak in a straightforward manner
(Frankly)/ सिधा सिधा वताउनु - Face the music
Accept the punishment/ गल्तिकाे सजाय भाेग्नु - To play second fiddle
Take a subordinate role/ दाेश्राे दर्जामा रहेर सहयाेग गर्नु अथवा निर्णायक भुमिका निभाउनु - Casting pearl before swine
Offering good things to underserving people/ महत्व नबुझ्न्ने व्यत्तिलाइ कुनै कुरा दिनु वा भन्नु अथवा यस्तै कुनै काम गर्नु जस्काे खास अर्थ छैन - Putting the cart before the horse
Doing things in the wrong way/ कुनै काम गलत तरिकाले गर्नु, ढंग नपुर्याउनु - Not fit to hold candle
Not so good as somebody or something
else/ कुनै निस्चित कामका लागि लायक नहुनु - Egg someone on
To encourage somebody to do something/ उत्तेजित पार्नु, अाग्रह गर्नु, उक्साउनु - For good
Permanently/सधै भरिका लागि - Achilles’ heel
Weak spot/ कमजाेर विन्दु - Take a leap in the dark
To take risk/जाेखिम लिनु, जाेखिम उठाउनु - Cut the Gordian knot
Remove difficulty/To solve problem/मुश्किल बाट मुत्त हुनु - Blow one’s own trumpet
Self & boasting/अाफ्नै प्रशंसा अाफै गर्नु - Not to look a gift horse in the mouth
An easy achievement/सजिलाे विजय - Not to look a gift horse in the mouth
Not to find fault with the gift received/उपहारमा कुनै किसिमकाे त्रुटि नखाेज्नु - Born with a silver spoon Born in a rich
family/धनि परिवारमा जन्म लिएकाे व्यत्ति
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