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    Phrase&Idioms

    • COUCH POTATO
    অলস/অকর্মণ্য ব্যক্তি

    Ex. He is such a couch potato that


    he doesn’t make his own bed.

    Similar words:
    Inactive person
    Lazy person
    Lazybones
    Dilly-dallyer
    Phrase&Idioms

    • COUCH POTATO
    অলস/অকর্মণ্য ব্যক্তি

    Ex. He is such a couch potato that


    he doesn’t make his own bed.

    Similar words:
    Inactive person
    Lazy person
    Lazybones
    Dilly-dallyer
    Phrase&Idioms

    # Hard nut to crack


    জটিল সমস্যা/
    জটিল প্রকৃ তির মানুষ
    Ex. He is a hard nut to crack.

    Similar words:
    Tough nut to crack
    Brainteaser
    Complex problem
    Troublesome problem
    Difficulty
    Phrase&Idioms

    # Once in a blue moon: Examples:


    খুবই কদাচিৎ • We go out for dinner once in a
    Similar words: blue moon.
    • I see her once in a blue moon.
    Once in a while
    Very rarely • My friend is so aware of the
    Now and again surrounding that he gets into
    Not often trouble once in a blue moon.
    Example:
    One of my friends became nouveau
    # Nouveau riche riche.
    (New rich) He is a nouveau rich in this block.
    Meaning: someone from
    low social background who
    have recently become rich.

    Similar words:
    Newly rich,
    Social climber
    # Once in a blue
    moon
    খুবই কদাচিৎ
    (very rarely/not often)

    Once in a blue moon


    Similar words:
    Very rarely,
    Once in a while,
    Now and again

    Example:
    I miss her because I see her once in a blue moon.
    My brother comes to house once in a blue moon because he live far away from home.
    # Barking up the
    wrong tree:
    ভু ল মানুষকে দোষারোপ করা
    Meaning:
    To blame the wrong person,
    To make the wrong choice

    Example:
    • Why are you barking up the wrong tree in this matter?
    • If he expects to borrow money from me,he is barking up the wrong tree.
    Phrase&Idioms

    # A penny for your


    thoughts:
    তোমার মতামত কী?
    (what is your opinion)

    Example:
    • Brother,I am going to start an online business.
    Please,give me a penny for your thoughts.
    Phrase&Idioms

    • Break the ice


    Phrase&Idioms

    • Pain in the neck


    (someone or something that is very
    annoying or difficult to deal with)
    Example:
    One of my students is real pain in
    the neck.

    Similar words:
    Disturbance
    Annoyance
    Nuisance
    Phrase&Idioms

    • Against all odds


    Phrase&Idioms

    • Fit of anger
    Phrase&Idioms

    • Hot potato
    Phrase&Idioms

    • In black and white


    (লিখিতভাবে)
    Example:
    I made the allegation in black and
    white.
    Phrase&Idioms

    • Swan song
    (জীবনের শেষ কাজ)
    Phrase&Idioms

    • Make someone sick:


    (To make someone
    shocked or disgusted)
    Similar words:
    Make someone mad/
    Make someone crazy/
    Drive someone up the wall

    Example: Please close your mouth when you chew.  You're making me


    Phrase&Idioms

    • Crack someone up

    Similar words:
    Crack a joke
    Die laughing
    Roll in the aisles

    Your dad's dancing really cracks me up.  He's a


    big hip-hop fan I guess?
    Phrase&Idioms

    • A Castle in the air


    আকাশ কু সুম চিন্তা করা
    Phrase&Idioms

    • See eye to eye:

    Similar words:
    Be of like mind
    Be on the same page
    N@zmul’s

      Bill's secretary didn't see eye to eye with


    him about her salary so she quit.
    Phrase&Idioms

    • At a snail’s pace:
    ধীরগতি

    Similar words:
    Slowly but surely,
    Inch by inch

    Example: What’s wrong with the Internet? It’s working at a


    snail’s pace today.
    Phrase&Idioms
    N@zmul’s

    • A nose for
    something:
    (natural ability to find/recognise
    something)

    Similar words:
    Sniff out,
    Bring to light

    Example: You have a good nose for bargains whenever


    we go shopping.
    Phrase&Idioms

    • Break the ice

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