According to an estimation, the English language is spoken by 1.5 billion inhabitants around the world— in other words, 20% of the world population speaks this language. However, most of those people are not native English speakers. Approximately 360 million people speak English as their first language. Besides being widely spoken language, English by far is the most commonly studied foreign language across the world, and French is far behind but at a distant second.
English Idioms: Idioms are spoken almost in every language across the world. As a matter of fact, it is a language, peculiar to a people or to a district, a place, or community class. The symbolic sense of an idiom is quite different from the apparent or literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made. There are a large number of Idioms in every language and they are commonly used in all languages. It is estimated that there are at least 25,000 idiomatic expressions in the English language.
An idiom is a phrase, saying, or a group of words, a play of words, having a metaphorical (not literal) meaning, which has been accepted in common usage. We learn something out of using idioms. For example, Bandar Kya Jane Adrak Ka Swad.
जो बोले सो कुंडा
खोले
جو بولے سو کنڈا کھولے
Jo Bole So Kunda Khole
one who touches the rope will have to ring the bell
جو بولے سو کنڈا کھولے
Jo Bole So Kunda Khole
one who touches the rope will have to ring the bell
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जिस ने की शर्म उसके फूटे करम
جس نے کی شرم اسکے پھوٹے کرم
Jis Ne Ki Sharam Uske Phote Karam
Hesitate And Suffer
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बूढ़ा या अधेड़ होना
بوڑھا یا عمر رسید ہ ہونا
Get on in years or Grow old
My grandmother is getting on in years. She is no longer able to look after her home
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छोटा बच्चा
چھاٹا بچہ
Knee-high to a grasshopper
Last time I saw Asad he was just knee-high to a grasshopper.
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क़बर का हाल मुर्दा जनता है
قبر کا حال مردہ جانتا ہے
Qabar Ka Haal Murda Janta Hai
One who suffers knows better
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पादरी की दौड़ गिरजा तक
پادری کی دوڑ گرجا تک
Padri Ki Daud Giraja Tak
The priest is confined to the church
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सिर मुंडाते ही ओले पड़ना
سر منڈاتے ہی اولے پڑھنا
Sar Mundaate Hi Ole Padana
Misfortune to befall at the very outset
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अवसर का लाभ उठाना
موقعہ کا فائدہ اٹھانا
Take advantage of it
Make Hay While the Sun shines
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घर का भेदी लंका ढाए
گھر کا بھیدی لنکا ڈھائے
An insider does the maximum damage
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