Idioms in Hindi

Idioms in Hindi are very interesting. It would be useful to learn some of the idioms in Hindi as they are used quite often in daily life.

Let me show you today some of the common idioms that we use in our conversation. Romanised pronunciation is given in brackets.

1. आँखें चुराना (Aankhein Churana) – not like to be seen
2. आँखो का तारा (Aankhein ka tara) – Beloved
3. मुँह मीठा करना (Muh mitha karna) – to distribute sweet in joy
4. चहरा उतरना (Chehra utarna) – to be sad/disappointed
5. दन्तो तले उंगली दबाना (danto tale ungali dabana) – to be very surprised
6. साँस लेना (Sans lena) – to feel free after much work
7. बात पक्की होना (baat pakki hona) – to be agree on something
8. बाल-बाल बचना (bal bal bachna) – to get away from a trouble by a close margin
9. अकल का दुश्मन (akal ka dushman) – to be dumb
10. जान पर खेलना (jaan par khelna) – to be fearless
11. पेट में चूहे कूदना (pet mein chuhe kudna) – to be very hungry
12. आसमान पर चड़ना (aashman par chadna) – to be proud
13. आकाश पाताल का अंतर (aakash patal ka aantar) – to be a big difference
14. हवा से बातें करना (hawa se bate karna) – to run at high speed
15. पत्थर की लकीर (patar ki lakir) – to be firm on saying
16. पहाड़ टूट पड़ना (pahad tut padna) – to get into a big trouble
17. ईद का चाँद होना (id ka chand hona) – only to be seen after long time (usually a person)
18. चकमा देना (chakma dena) – to deceive
19. उल्टी गंगा बहना (ulti ganga behna) – to be unusual (happening)
20. छ्क्के छुड़ाना (chakke chudana) – to defeat
21. फूँक फूँक कर कदम रखना (phunk phunk kar kadam rakhna) – to be very careful (in action)
22. दम में दम आना (dam mein dam aana) – to feel free from fear
23. दाँत से दाँत बजाना (dant se dant bajana) – to feel very cold
24. मुँह में पानी आना (muh mein pani aana) – to be tempted by food
25. नाक काटना (nak katna) – to blame or embarrass someone
26. कमर टूटना (kamar tutna) – to feel disappointed
27. कमर कसना (kamar kasna) – to prepare for something
28. कलेजा पत्थर का होना (kaleja patar ka hona) – to be mentally very strong
29. दाँत खट्टे करना (dant khate karna) – to defeat someone
30. ईंट से ईंट बजाना (int se int bajana) – to destroy someone