C
1.
Capital
punishment (मृत्युदण्ड): Capital
punishment is few and
far between now-a-days.
2.
Chicken
hearted (कायर) You
can't depend upon a chicken-hearted person.
3.
Chip
of the old block (बाप
का बेटा) After joining his father's business,
Shyam has proved that he is a chip of the old block.
4.
Close-fisted
man (कृपण): You
cannot expect donation from a close-fisted man.
5.
Cock
and bull story (अविश्वसनीय बात): We
didn't believe in your cock and bull story.
6.
Crocodile
tears (दिखावटी आँसु): No
one was influenced with her crocodile tears.
7.
Curtain
lectures (शयनागार में पत्नी की
डांट-डपट): Mr.
Roy is guided by curtain lectures.
8.
Carry
the day (विजयी होना): In the
final of the last Hero Cup India carried the day.
9.
Call
it a day (कार्य समाप्त करना): As
there was a pandemonium in the assembly, the speaker called it a day.
10.
Call
a spade a spade (सही
बात कहना): Being an honest person he has the habit
of calling a spade a spade.
11.
Curry
favour (खुशामद से अनुग्रह भाजन
होना): He is now trying very much to curry
favour with the manager.
12.
Call
in question (शक करना) His
honesty can't be called in question.
13.
Call
to account for something (जवाब
मांगना): He must be called to account
for his negligence in duty.
14.
Call
the shots (or, tune) (संचालन
करना): Now you are not in a position to call
the shots over the situation.
15.
Cut
a sorry (or, poor) figure (आकर्षणीय
नहीं होना): My son cut a sorry figure
in the examination.
16.
Cut
one's coat according to one's cloth (जैसा आय वैसा व्यय): Everyone
should cut his coat according to his cloth.
17.
Cold-blooded
murder (सुनियोजित हत्या): He
is accused of cold-blooded murder of his wife.
18.
Cold
reception (ऊपरी मन से आदर-सत्कार): One
should not give cold reception to one's old friend.
D
1.
Dog-in-the-manger
policy (जिस सिद्धांत से न अपना
लाभ हो और न दूसरे का): I don't support your dog-in-the-manger
policy.
2.
Die
in harness (मृत्यु तक काम करना): My
father wishes that he might die in harness.
3.
Do
yeoman's service (जरूरत
के समय पर बहुत काम करना):
Did yeoman's service for country.
4.
Dead
against (जी जान से विरूद्ध): At
the time of the Kargil war his father is dead against his doing
unfair deeds.
E
1.
Eat
a humble pie (माफी मांगना): You
will have to eat a humble pie for your rude behavior.
2.
Every
now and then (प्रायः): These
two friends visit each other every now and then.
F
1.
fall
flat (असार न पड़ना): Your advice appears to fall flat upon them.
2.
Find
fault with (गलती पकड़ना): They
are always trying to find fault with the administration.
3.
Follow
suit (पीछे-पीछे भागना): As
your car left, your dog followed suit.
4. Fair-weather friend (सुख का साथी): Try to
avoid a fair-weather friend.
5.
Far
cry (बहुत दूर): From
an ordinary man to the chief- minister of a state is a far cry.
6.
Fish
out of water (प्रतिकूल अवस्था में
होना): I feel like a fish out of water
at the new place of my posting.
7.
Fool's
paradise (झूठी आशा में): If
you expect to succeed without hard labour, you are living in fool's
paradise.
8.
Free-lance
(स्वतंत्र): Mr.
Verma is a free-lance journalist.
9.
Far
and away (निश्चय ही): Navin
is far and away the best student of the class.
10.
Few
and far between (बहुत
कम): Her
visits to my house have been few and far between.
11.
Flesh
and blood (मानव जाति): Flesh
and blood can't
bear such insults.
12.
For
good (हमेशा के लिए): Raja
left India for good.
13.
For
the sake of (लिए, वास्ते): Mahatma
Gandhi fought against the British for the sake of our country.
14.
Fed
up with (आजिज होना): I am fed up with her rude behaviour.
15.
French
leave (बिना सूचना के चले
जाना): The manager was angry with the clerk for
taking a French leave.
16.
Fringe
benefits (ऊपरी आय): Most
of the employees have faith in fringe benefits.
17.
Fall
a prey to (घोखा खाना): I
have fallen a prey to her tricks.
