Idioms and Phrases Idioms Meaning Sentence Above all সর্বোপরি Above all, he is a good man. Above board সংশয়হীনভাবে নির্দোষ His activities are open and above board Achilles’ heel দুর্বলতা Hankering for votes is the Achilles’ heel of the leaders of our country All but প্রায় The poor villagers are all but ruined Apple of discord বিবাদের বিষয় The land has become an apple of discord between the two brothers At a loss হতবুদ্ধি, কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় I am now at a loss and don’t know the solution. At all events যাই ঘটুকনা কেন I shall stand by him at all events At bay কোনঠাসা The tiger was at bay in the bush At one’s finger ends নখদর্পণে All these facts are his fingers ends. At daggers drawn শত্রুতা The two children are at daggers drawn now. At one’s wit ‘s end হতবুদ্ধি He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do. At stake বিপদে পড়া His life is at a stake now. Bad blood মনোমালিন্য Now there is a bad blood between the two sisters. Beat about the bush কাজের কথা না বলে আজেবাজে কথা বলা Please come to the point without beating about the bush Birds of feather একরকম স্বভাবের লোক Birds of feather flock together Black sheep কুলাঙ্গার He is a black sheep for the family. By all means সর্বপ্রকারে Try to complete it by all means By fits and starts মাঝেমাঝে He works by fits and starts By hook or by crook যেকোনমূল্যে You must do this work by hook or by crook By leaps and bounds অতি দ্রুত গতিতে The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds Bid fair ভালো কিছু আশা করা He bids fair to be a good doctor Big gun নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি The man behind the police is a big gun of our locality Bird’s eye view মোটামুটিধারণা He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken are from an airplane Bone of connection বিবাদের বিষয় The paternal property is the bone of contention among the family members.
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