Idioms and Phrases selected for competitive exam Group F

1.Pros and Cons (समर्थन और विरूद्ध में→For and against)

P-ros = P-rose.Here P rose means P stand up and C-ons = C-once.Here the starting letter of both words “P” and “C” makes “PC”= Personal computer.If there is any problem with your personal computer you always get up for the solution to support it.But you never support the “CP” that is just reverse of it.Why? Because “CP” means Computer of any Person.You might never support any other computer until you take money.So,always rose for your own “PC” than “CP” of others.

(P-ros = P-rose.यहाँ P rose का मतलब कि P उठा और C-ons = C-once अर्थात एकबार I यहाँ शुरूआती अक्षर दोनो शब्दों के “PC” = Personal computer बनाते हैं I यदि आपके व्यक्तिगत कम्पयुटर में कोई समसया आ जाती है तो आप सजग रूप से उसको बनाने के लिए तैयार या खडे रहते हैं I लेकिन “CP” का मतलब किसी दुसरे का कम्पयुटर क्योंकि यहाँ कम्पयुटर पहले आया और पर्सोनल बाद में Iऔर यदि आप किसी दुसरे का कम्पयुटर बनाने शायद न जायें या विरूद्ध हो या पैसे ले कर बनाने को सहमत हों I अतः कम्पयुटर अलग है और पर्सोनल अलग है I अब आप समझ गए I अतः दुसरो के कम्पयुटर की अपेक्षा हमेशा अपने व्यक्तिगत कम्पयुटर का साथ दें I

2.Within a stone’s throw (के नजदिक या समीप होना→Very near to)

Idioms and Phrases selected for competitive exam Group E

1.Hobson’s choice (एक ही विकल्प→Only one option or choice to live or die)

You know that in the childhood any child demand for a toy or his dearest thing.The child not stop crying until he get it.Here you can see that Hob-Son-Choice. Hob= Hobby, Son=Child, Choice=Stubborn(only an option) to get it. Now you can see that there is only one choice of a child to have a thing.So here hobson’s choice means child will have only single choice either to live(happy) or die(crying) having or losing the thing respectively.

(आप जानते हैं कि बचपन में कोई भी बच्चा किसी खिलौने या अपनी प्रिय वस्तु कि मांग करता है I वह बच्चा तब तक चुप नही हो जाता जब तक उसे वह पा नही लेता I यहाँ आप देख सकते हैं कि होबसन चौईस अर्थात् Hob= पसंद Son= बेटा या बच्चा, Choice=हठ (केवल एक ही चुनाव) I अब आप यहाँ देखेंगे कि केवल एक ही Choice होती है एक बच्चे की कि वह वस्तु को पा ले I अतः यहाँ hob-son's choice का मतलब कि बच्चे कि केवल एक ही पसन्द या तो पाकर जीवित रहे (खुशः) या खो कर मर जाए (रोने लगे) होती है I)

2.To run one down (बुराई/निन्दा करना→To disparage something)

Suppose you bet to someone that you would be first in the race.But while running one of

Idioms and Phrases selected for competitive exam Group D

1.By leaps and bounds (बहुत तेजी से→Very rapidly)

Leap means swing and bound mean jumps.Suppose you want to point an apple with the help of longbow.You just take an longbow and you know its shape is like a lip(if you bent the solid side down and the string side above).Now, you can see that the string is just bound to loose the arrow.Now you get it. If you loose the arrow it will motion very rapidly.So, now you know the meaning of leaps and bounds.

(Leap अर्थात् उछलना और bound मतलब भी उछ्लना या बांधना I मान लिजिए कि आपको किसी सेब को निशाना लगाना है, और आपने धनुष उठाया और आप जानते है कि यदि धनुष को उल्टा करके पकडेंगे तो वो एक निचले होंठ की तरह दिखेगा और उपर में एक डोरी नजर आयेगी जिसके सहारे आपको तीरे छोडना होता है I अब आप समझ गए I यदि आप तीर छोडेंगे तो वह बहुत तेजी से निशाना साधेगा I अतः आप यहाँ Leap (होंठ) और bound(बंधी हुई डोर) का मतलब भली भाँती समझ गये हैं I )

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Idioms and Phrases selected for competitive exam Group C

1.To play ducks and darkes (अपना धन बर्बाद करना→To waste money)

There are so many ducks in a pond.You wish to go for a bath and started bathing.What you see? all the ducks are getting darker with anger,seeing you that you have occupied.Ducks come near of your cloths and ruined money of your wallet with their peak, that you have kept in the pocket of your pant.

2.Bolt from the blue (अचानक आया हुआ संकट→A sudden calamity)

Bolt means current or sudden any peril.Generally water have no colour but we all mostly assume it as blue. There is a bolt and calamity come from current when you go to bath and

Idioms and Phrases selected for competitive exam Group B

1.Cock and bull story (मनगढन्त कहानी→A fantastic story)

You know that wings and fan can be said quite similar.A Cock has fan(wings) and someone who eat the chicken its tasty.So its a fan-tastic. Now, you have to suppose that a cock cannot fight with a bull. So its an imagination and if you imagine that cock is fighting with a bull then cock will be trodden and you know if cock is trodden then you will take his taste while cooking it.So, its a fantastic story.

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2.To face the music (परिणाम भुगतना→to bear the consequences)

Suppose you are listening a sound with your headphone wire and you go to wash your face. When you give droplets of water over your face then suddenly the sound of bear comes