Idioms are so useful when it comes to expressing something in a better way, especially in the speaking section. There are some situations when you have to state something in a short period of time but it takes so much time to deliver. Then comes the role of idioms that makes your sentences look more precise and effective. Here is lesson 29 of the Useful Idioms for Better Communication Series that you can learn to improve your speaking and writing.
Daily Use Idioms #29
Here is the list of 7 Idioms in this lesson. Learn, Use, and Improve.
Note: sth means something while sb means somebody. One’s is replaced with a possessive pronoun such as your, my, his, her, etc.
1. between you and me
–in confidence
–तुम्हारे मेरे बिच में
This is just between you and me.
2. bird of passage
-a transient, one who is here today and gone tommorow
–जो आज है कल नहीं
If conditions are not nearly as good as they had imagined they might be, they become birds of passage
3. a wet blanket
-person who spoils other people’s fun
–रंग में भंग करने वाला
He was such a wet blanket at the party that they never invited him again.
4. in cold blood
-in a planned way and without pity or other emotion
–सोच समझकर
He murdered her in cold blood.
5. blue blood
– descent from nobility
–उच्च वंश से
Many blue blood children attend this private school.
6. have the blues
– feel depressed or sad
–परेशांन
I really have the blues today.
7. as bold as brass
-shameless, impudent
–बेशरम
She marched into his office as bold as brass .
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