Keep at arm’s length (11)
To be at a distance with someone | Avoid being friendly with someone (दूरी बनाना)
To get cold feet (11)
To experience nervousness or anxiety before one attempts to do something (घबराहट होना)
A storm in a teacup (10)
Big fuss over a small matter | A lot of anger/excitement or worry about trivial things (बात का बतंगड़)
Barking up the wrong tree (10)
Trying to do something in a way that will not work | Accuse or denounce the wrong person (निरर्थक प्रयास)
Best of both worlds (10)
A situation wherein someone has the privilege of enjoying two different opportunities | All the advantages | An ideal situation (हर प्रकार से लाभ होना)
Burn the midnight oil (10)
To work or study till very late in the night | To work very hard (देर रात्रि तक काम करना)
Straight from the horse mouth (10)
Hear something from someone who has direct, personal knowledge | Directly from the person involved (विश्वसनीय सूत्रों से)
To eat a humble pie (10)
To accept defeat | Suffer humiliation | Had to yield under pressure | To apologise humbly (हार मानना)
As fit as a fiddle (9)
Strong and healthy | In a perfectly healthy condition (बहुत अच्छे स्वास्थ्य में)
By the skin of one’s teeth (9)
By the narrowest margin | Having a narrow escape | To just barely manage to achieve something (बहुत कम अंतर से)
Cut corners (9)
To save money, time or effort when doing something by not including some parts | Do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money (सबसे आसान या तेज़ तरीके से करना, सामान्यतः गलत)
Pull yourself together (9)
To calm oneself down and begin to think or act appropriately (शांत होना, भावनाओं पर नियंत्रण रखकर काम करना)
Take with a pinch/grain of salt (9)
Not believe completely something that you are told | To listen to something with considerable doubt (सन्देह होना)
Throw caution to the wind (9)
To do something without worrying about the risk | To behave recklessly (जोखिम भरा काम करना)
A dark horse (8)
An unexpected winner | Someone who unexpectedly succeeds | An unknown entry | A competitor of unknown capabilities (अप्रत्याशित विजेता)
A dime a dozen (8)
Very common and of no particular value | Anything that is common and easy to get (बेहद सस्ते)
Back to the drawing board (8)
An idea has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised | Plan it all over again (नये सिरे से बनाना)
Ball is in your court (8)
It is up to you to make the next decision or step | To be responsible for further action (जिम्मेदार होना)
Build castles in the air (8)
Daydream | Have unrealistic ideas | To create impossible dreams or hopes (असंभव सपने देखना)
Chip off the old block (8)
Reminds them of one’s father | Someone similar in character or behaviour to one’s father | Resembling parents (जैसा बाप वैसा बेटा)
Give someone the cold shoulder (8)
Deliberately ignore, avoid or be unfriendly towards someone (जान बुझ कर नज़रअंदाज़ करना)
Hand in/and glove (8)
In close association | In partnership for something dishonest | Very intimate terms (घनिष्ठ सम्बन्ध)
Ins and outs (8)
Secrets; the detailed or complicated facts of something | Full details (पूरा विवरण)
Leaves you in the lurch (8)
Leave someone in a helpless condition | Desert someone in his difficulties (बीच मझधार में छोड़ देना)
Out of the blue (8)
Completely unexpectedly | Suddenly and without prior warning (बिल्कुल अचानक)
Take the bull by the horns (8)
To handle difficulties | To deal with a difficult or danger situation in a very direct or confident way (साहसपूर्वक मुसीबतों का सामना करना)
To end in smoke (8)
To come to nothing | End without any practical result (कोई परिणाम न निकलना)
To go/run around in circles (8)
To waste one’s time and energy doing trivial things | To keep doing something without achieving much | Make no progress in an argument or discussion (फालतू काम मे समय बर्बाद करना)
To jump on the bandwagon (8)
To follow popular trends | Get involved in an activity because it is likely to succeed (लोकप्रिय प्रवृत्तियों को अपनाना)
White elephant (8)
Costly and troublesome possession useless to its owner (महंगा और परेशानी का स्रोत)
A bull market (7)
A period of rising prices in the stock market (शेयर बाजार में कीमतों में वृद्धि)
Add insult to injury (7)
Make a bad situation even worse | To further a loss with mockery to worsen an unfavourable situation (दुख: बढ़ाना)
Burn one’s bridges/boats (7)
To destroy all relations | To make it impossible to return to the previous situation later (पीछे लौटने के सभी रास्ते बंद करना)
Catch red-handed (7)
To catch someone doing something illegal | Caught in the act of committing the crime (रंगे हाथ, अपराध करते हुए पकड़ना)
Cool as a cucumber (7)
Not nervous or emotional | To be calm and composed | Cool as ice (धैर्यवान)