Phrases-8

बीमार होकर बिस्तर पर पड़े रहना - Laid up with

He was out in the rain yesterday and now is laid up with could and fever.

मन में हंसना - Laugh in one's sleeve

He was wearing a funny dress at the party and everyone was laughing in his sleeve.

हुक्म चलाना - Lay down the law

In his house his wife lays down the law.

किसी को जरुरत से ज्यादा तकलीफ देना - Lead a person a dance

Why don't you pay him his dues instead of leading him a dance.

जिसका उत्तर प्रश्न में ही निहित है - Leading Question

The lawyer asked the witness many a leading Question.

कठिनाई में साथ छोड देना - Leave in the lurch

He stood by me as long as all was well, but left me in the lurch the moment he sensed danger.

बीती बातें भूल जाना - Let bygones be bygones

We are now friends, so let bygones be bygones

इंतजार में रहना - Lie in wait for

The tiger hid and lay in wait for its prey.

आसानी से जगने वाला व्यक्ति - Light sleeper

I am light sleeper and even a slight sound can wake me up.

ऐश आराम की जिन्दगी बिताना - Live it up

The rich man's son went to America and lived it up.

किसी को बहुत गुस्से से घूरना - Look dagger at someone

What have I done ? why are you looking dagger at me.

सही-सही लगना - Look every inch

He looks every inch a King.

धीरज खोना - Lose heart

Don't lose heart, everything will be all right in due course.

गड़बड़ घोटाला कर देना - Make a hush

Don't meddle in my cooking. You will make a hash of everything.

छोटी सी बात को बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर पेश करना - Make a mountain of a mole hill

This job will not take you More than a few minutes. So don't make a mountain of a molehill.

जीविका चलाना - Make a living

In India it is difficult to make a living as an artist.

चोरी से भाग जाना - Make away with

The theif made away with a thousand rupees.

विश्वास दिलाना - Make believe

The little girl made believe that she was a princess.

किसी का मजाक उड़ाना - Make fun of

We should not make fun of Dull students in the class.

सुलह करना - Make it up with

I had quarrelled with Shyam yesterday, but now I have made it up with him.

बहुत महत्तव देना - Make much of

Every mother makes much of her children.

चोरी से लेकर भाग जाना - Make off with

The theif made off with a thousand rupees.