List of body parts idioms with Hindi and Urdu meanings and sentences. The list of idioms help you improve your communication skills by adding more precision and accuracy to your language. Having learned theses idioms you will be able to communicate using the idioms in an effective manner.
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| Over my head |
| Too difficult to understand |
| سر سے گزر جانا/ سمجھ میں نہ آنا |
| Come down to earth and say it in simple words: it’s over my head. |
| At loggerhead |
| In opposition; in a quarrel |
| آمنے سامنے / شدید اختلاف رکھنے والے |
| She was at loggerheads with him for years. |
| Bring something to a head |
| Bring something to a decisive point |
| فیصلہ کن موڑ پر لانا |
| The union brought the issue of working hours to a head by threatening to go on strike. |
| Let it go to your head |
| Become conceited; think you’re better than you actually are |
| سر پر سوار کرنا / بر تری کا بھوت سوار کر لینا |
| Don’t let it go to your head just because the boss praised you for your good work. |
| Lose your head |
| Lose your temper |
| غصے میں آجانا یا ضبط کھودینا |
| I’m sorry. I got upset and lost my head. |
| Have eyes in the back of your head |
| Be able to see what is going on behind your back |
| چار آنکھیں ہونا/ ہر طرف دھیان ہونا |
| A successful supervisor must have eyes in the back of his head. |
| Bury one’s head in the sand |
| Ignore unpleasant realities ; refuse to face facts |
| حقائق سے نظریں چرانا |
| Stop burying your head in the sand. All of us will die. Whether we smoke or not. |
| Hang down in shame your shame |
| Be a shamed for your action |
| نادم ہونا/ شرم سے سر جھکانا |
| When Atif was caught red- handed, he hung his head in shame. |
| Have a head on your shoulder |
| Clever, well-balanced and trustworthy |
| عقل مند اور سمجھ دار ہونا |
| You have got a good head on your shoulders; you will go a long way in life. |
| Stand head and shoulder |
| Above the rest |
| سب سے اچھا ہونا /دوسروں سے بہتر ہونا |
| Quaid-e-Azam stands head and shoulders among all his contemporaries. |
| Curl someone’s hair |
| To frighten or shock someone |
| رونگٹے کھڑے کر دینا |
| The horror film made my hair curl. |
| Fair-haired boy |
| A favored person (Not necessarily young or a boy) |
| منظور نظر/ پسندیدہ شخص |
| The teacher’s fair-haired boy always dose well on tests. |
| Get in someone’s hair |
| To bother or irritate someone |
| پریشان یا تنگ کرنا |
| Bilal is always getting in his mother’s hair. |
| Hang by hair |
| To be in an uncertain position |
| غیر واضح یا تذذب کا شکار ہونا |
| Your whole argument is hanging by a hair. |
| Make someone’s hair stand on end |
| To cause someone to be very frightened |
| دہشت زدہ کر دینا / ڈرانا |
| The horrible scream made my hair stand on end. |
| Neither hide on hair |
| No sign or indication |
| کچھ پتہ نہیں |
| We could find neither hide nor hair of him. I don’t know where he is. |
| Bad hair day |
| A bad hair day when everything goes wrong |
| برادرن |
| Yesterday was bad hair day and everything went wrong for me. |
| By hair’s breath |
| Just barely |
| معمولی فرق سے |
| I arrived at the concert on time but only by a hair’s breath. |
| Get grey hair |
| To have your hair turn grey because of stress |
| پریشان ہونا/پریشانی سے بال سفید ہونا |
| The father said that he was getting grey due to the idleness of his son. |
| Let one’s hair down |
| To act freely and naturally |
| آزادنہ طرزعمل اختیار کرنا/اپنی مرضی کرنا |
| We were able to let our hair down at the party and have a good time. |
| Apple of your eye |
| Someone’s favorite person or thing |
| آنکھ کا تارا/محبوب |
| Asim is the apple of his mother eyes. |
| A bird’s- eye view |
| A brief survey of or a hasty look at something |
| طاہرانہ جائزہ / سرسری نگاہ |
| You need a bird’s eye view of the World War II events to pass the test. |
| Bright-eyed and bushy- tailed |
| Very cheerful and eager |
| پر جوش اور کرنے کو بے چین |
| I am awake. But I am hardly bright-eyed and bushy tailed. |
| In the blink of an eye |
| Happen very quickly |
| پلک جھپکنےمیں |
| The pickpocket disappeared in the blink of an eye. |
| Catch someone’s eye |
| To attract someone’s attention |
| توجہ حاصل کرنا/ متاثر کرنا |
| The pretty girl near the door caught his eye. |
| In the eye of the storm |
| In a difficult situation |
| مشکل حالات میں |
| The minister was in the eye of the storm during a debate on the war in Iraq |
| In one’s mind’s eye |
| Visualize something |
| تصور کرنا |
| I can see the village in my mind’s eye but I can’t remember the name. |
| Look someone in the eye |
| To face someone directly |
| آمنے سامنے ہونا / آنکھوں میں آنکھیں ڈال کر بات کرنا |
| He looked the boss in the eye and said he saw nothing. |
| More than meets the eye |
| Hidden values or facts in something |
| پوشیدہ خوبیاں یا حقائق |
| There is more to that problem than meets the eye. |
| Arm in arm |
| Linked or hooked together by the arms |
| ساتھ ساتھ/ باہوں میں باہیں ڈالے |
| The two lovers walked arm in arm down the street. |
| Arm of the law |
| Extent to which the authority or power of the law intends. |
| قانون کے ہاتھ |
| He fled to America hoping to escape the arm of the law. |
| Chance one’s arm |
| Try to do something despite little hope of success |
| قسمت آزمانا/کوشش کرنا |
| I knew there was little hope of getting into Harvard but I decided to chance my arm. |
| Cost an arm and a leg |
| Very expensive |
| انتہائی مہنگا یا قیمتی ہونا |
| The new house cost us an arm and a leg, but we have no regrets. |
| Arm-twisting |
| To force into doing something |
| دباؤ ڈالنے کا عمل /اپنی مرضی کا کام کروانے کا عمل |
| It will take some arm-twisting to get people to cooperate with me. |
| Give your right arm |
| Do anything to obtain some goal |
| کچھ بھی کر جانا |
| I’d give my right arm to have an apartment on Central Park. |
| Up in arms |
| Very angry |
| غصے میں انتہائی ناراض |
| The people were up in arms over the demolition of the old mosque. |
| Keep at arm’s length |
| Do not become too friendly with someone |
| دور دور رکھنا/ فاصلے پررکھنا |
| It’s not easy to become friends with Usama; he keeps everyone at arm’s length. |
| More power to your elbow |
| Praise or encouragement someone |
| خدا کرے زور بازو اورزیادہ |
| I’m going to work free-lance from now one. Well, more power to your elbow! |
| Elbow room |
| Space in which to move freely |
| چلنے پھرنے کے لیے درکار جگہ |
| We shared a small office where neither of us had enough elbow room. |
