Idioms, phrases and phrasal verbs are an important part of recent English section pattern in Bank Exams. In continuation of our series 'Important Idioms, Phrases & Phrasal Verbs for bank exams', we will walk you through important idioms, phrases and phrasal verbs which start with the letter 'P' and 'Q'.
Understand properly the meaning of the idioms, phrases and phrasal verbs given here with the help of their Hindi meaning and usage and step up your upcoming Exams preparation!
Important Idioms, Phrases & Phrasal Verb with Letter 'P'
1. Part and parcel
Meaning - An essential or fundamental part or aspect (of something).
Meaning (Hindi) - अहम हिस्सा
Example - Difficult times are part and parcel of being a professional.
2. Pass Muster
Meaning - be accepted as adequate or satisfactory.
Meaning (Hindi) - पसंद होना, मंजूर होना
Example - This manifesto would not pass muster with the voters.
3. Pass off
Meaning - Disappear/ (of proceedings) happen or be concluded in a specified, usually satisfactory way.
Meaning (Hindi) - बीतना
Example - The ceremony passed off without a problem, with the baby sleeping through most of it.
4. Pay the piper
Meaning - Face the consequences for something you've done/To face, accept, or suffer repercussions for one's actions or words, especially those that would be expected to incur punishment.
Meaning (Hindi) - कर्मो के परिणामों का सामना करना
Example - With the judge handing down the maximum possible sentence, this monster will be paying the piper for the rest of his life.
5. Pell-mell
Meaning - Here and there
Meaning (Hindi) - तितर-बितर
Example - When the police fired one round in the air, people ran pell-mell.
6. Play someone along
Meaning - deceive or mislead someone over a period of time.
Meaning (Hindi) - किसी को धोखा देना या गुमराह करना
Example - I decided to play along with my friend and his crazy plan to buy a horse.
7. Point blank
Meaning - Clearly
Meaning (Hindi) - स्पष्ट रूप से
Example - He refused point-blank to help care for my sick brother.
8. Put heads together
Meaning - Consulted one another/To work together to come up with an idea or solution
Meaning (Hindi) - परामर्श करना
Example - The directors of our company put their heads together to formulate a new scheme.
9. Pull someone's leg
Meaning - Tease someone by trying to make her/him believe something that's exaggerated or untrue
Meaning (Hindi) - किसी की टांग खींचना
Example - Pulling other's legs is not in my nature.
10. Pie in the sky
Meaning - Something that is completely unrealistic or unlikely to be achieved.
Meaning (Hindi) - पूरी तरह से अवास्तविक या हासिल करने की संभावना न होना
Example - The promise of low-cost housing for everyone turned out to be pie in the sky.
11. Pop across/over/down/out
Meaning - Come or go quickly in the direction specified.
Meaning (Hindi) - निर्दिष्ट दिशा में जल्दी आना/जाना
Example - She popped over to the shop to buy a sandwich.
12. Pull up
Meaning - Stop.
Meaning (Hindi) - अपने आप को रोकना
Example - All vehicles must pull up at the traffic lights.
13. Pull through
Meaning - Overcome difficulties or illness.
Meaning (Hindi) - काबू पाना
Example - My grandmother caught pneumonia last winter but she pulled through.
14. Put through
Meaning - to make someone do or experience something difficult or unpleasant
Meaning (Hindi) - किसी को कुछ कठिन या अप्रिय अनुभव कराना
Example - Children shouldn’t be put through the ordeal of giving evidence in court.
15. Put up with
Meaning - tolerate; endure.
Meaning (Hindi) - सहना
Example - I don't know how you can put up with the noise of all that traffic.
16. Put upon someone
Meaning - Take advantage of
Meaning (Hindi) - लाभ उठाना
Example - Martha was put upon by the bigger girls.
17. Put forward
Meaning - Propose or recommend something.
Meaning (Hindi) - प्रस्ताव या सिफारिश रखना
Example - The chairman put forward a proposal to move to bigger offices.
18. Put off
Meaning - Postpone; delay; arrange a later date.
Meaning (Hindi) - टाल देना; देरी; बाद की तारीख की व्यवस्था करना
Example - The meeting has been put off until next week because of the strike.
19. Put on
Meaning - Turn on / switch on. Wear a garment or piece of clothing.
Meaning (Hindi) - चालू करना /कपड़े पहनना
Example -: Please put on the light, it's dark here.
You'd better put on your coat - it's cold outside today.
20. Pyrrhic victory
Meaning - A victory where the loss is greater than the gain
Meaning (Hindi) - नाशकारी विजय
Example: Getting independence was a Pyrrhic victory for Indian people.
Important Idioms, Phrases & Phrasal Verb with Letter 'Q'
21. Quaking in one's boots
Meaning - When someone is extremely scared
Meaning (Hindi) - बेहद डर जाना
Example - When Mike saw the crocodiles in the water, he started quaking in his boots.
22. Quick temper
Meaning - One who gets angry very easily.
Meaning (Hindi) - जल्दी गुस्सा आना
Example - The manager makes me nervous - he's got such a quick temper.
23. Quick off the mark
Meaning - someone who is quick to react to an event or take advantage of an opportunity.
Meaning (Hindi) - किसी घटना पर प्रतिक्रिया करने या अवसर का लाभ उठाने के लिए तत्पर
Example - You've got to be quick off the mark when stores announce special offers.
24. Qualified Praise
Meaning - Restricted
Meaning (Hindi) - योग्य प्रशंसा
Example - The film has received qualified praise.
25. Quite a few
Meaning - a fairly large number of people or things
Meaning (Hindi) - पर्याप्त
Example - The letter arrived quite a few days ago.
You can go through previous articles of the series by clicking the link given below -
Important Idioms, Phrases & Phrasal Verbs for Bank Exams
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