'H' idioms and phrases with urdu meaning

Idioms and Phrases beginning with 'H'

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1	HABIT
	Habit of mind	ذہنی اختراع	Something or the other is always a habit of mind in every human being.
	To get into a habit	عادی ہو جانا	His hobby of drinking has resulted in getting into a habit.
2	HAIL
	Within hail	اتنا نزدیک کہ جسے بلایا جا سکے	He is standing within a hail distance.
3	HAIR
	Lose one’s hair	ناراض ہوجانا	If someone cracks a joke, don’t lose your hair.
	Make one’s hair stand on end	بہت حیرانگی یا ڈر ظاہر کرنا	The murder of his lieutenant made his hair stand on end.
	Not to turn a hair	پریشان نہ ہونا	He did not turn a hair when his friend died.
	Put up the halt	بال بنانا	Maidens p1st up their hair.
	To a hair	بال بال بچنا	He resembled his father to a hair.
	To the turn of a hair		She copied her exercised to the turn of a hair.
	To get a person by the short hair	کسی پر پورا کنٹرول ہونا	Parents should get children by the short hair.
4	HALF
	Half-and-half	دو برابر چیزوں کا آمیزہ	This liquor is beer and brandy half-and-half.
	Go halves	برابر برابر حصہ کرنا	Let us go halves before we divide the shop.
	Halfhearted	بے ہمت	Half-hearted efforts are never successful.
	Half backed	نا تجربہ کار	Many labourers of our factory are doing things by halves.
	To meet half-way	سمجھوتہ کرنا	The only solution to their difference is that they should meet half-way.
5	HALL
	Bachelor shall	ایسی جگہ جہاں بیوی کا اثر نہ ہو	He prefers to live in the bachelor’s hall rather than in his house.
	Liberty hail	یسی جگہ جہاں ہر کوئی اپنی مرضی کر سکے	Bachelor’s hall is a liberty hall.
	Hallmark	اہم مستقبل	Today’s statement of the Prime Minister is a hallmark of the government’s policy.
6	HAMMER
	Bring the hammer	نیلامی کرنا	The shop was brought to the hammer.
	To hammer an idea into one’s head	سمجھانا	It is very difficult to hammer an idea into Hamayun’s head.
7	HAND
	At any hand	کسی بھی صورت	We shall meet tomorrow at any hand.
	In an hand	کسی صورت میں	Prices must not be allowed to rise in any hand.
	At first hand	پہلی دفعہ	I know the story at first hand.
	At hand	قریب	I keep the bookshelf at hand.
	Bear a hand	حصہ لینا، مدد کرنا	Will you bear me a hand in this enterprise?
	By hand	ہاتھوں کے ذریعے	This painting was made by hand.
	By the strong hand	طاقت سے	You can get something done only by the strong hand.
	Change hands	مالک بدل جانا	This shop has changed hands man times.
	Come to hand	وصول ہونا	A wonderful book had come to my hand.
	Come to one’s hand	آسانی سے حاصل ہو جانا	Fortune has come to my hand.
	Good hands	قابل بھروسہ وسیلہ	The girl is in good hands.
	Hand and foot	بھرپور توجہ سے	You can achieve your objective hand and foot.
	Hand and glove	دو گہرے تعلقات	Tahir and Sohail are hand and glove.
	Hand it to one	کسی کی برتری تسلیم کرنا	I do really hand it to you.
	Hands down	نہایت آسانی سے	They won the match hands down.
	In hand		I have five rupees in hand.
	Lay hands on	حاصل کرنا	I cannot lay my hands on the book I want.
	Lend a hand	مدد کرنا	Please lend me a hand in this enterprise.
	Old hand	تجربہ کار آدمی	There are many old hands in politics.
	Young hand	تجربہ کار نوجوان	It is not for young hands to meddle with politics.
	On all hands	ہر طرف	There is corruption on all hands.
	On my hand	کسی کی ذمہ داری	I have too many task on my hands.
	Out of hand	فوراً	Please pay out of hand.
	Poor hand	غیر ماہر شخص	I am a poor hand at mathematics.
	Set one’s hand to	مشغول	Do your best whatever you see your hand to.
	Show of hands	ہاتھ اٹھا کر رائے کا اظہار کرنا	The matter was decided by a show of hands.
	Strike hands	معائدہ کرنا	Let yourself strike hands in this bargain.
	Take in hand	سنبھال لینا	Please take in hand the education of my boy.
	To one’s hand	جلدی میں	You will find him to your hand for work.
	Wash one’s hands of	ذمہ داری سے دستبردار ہونا	We have washed our hands of T.V. trouble shooters.
	From hand to mouth	غربت	With this small income we are living from hand to mouth now-a-days.
	To take in hand	سنبھال لینا	It is high time, that you should take in hand the responsibility of your parents.
	Off hand	فوراً	I cannot give any decision off hand. I must have some time to think over the problem.
	To have clean hands	ایماندار ہونا	You cannot have clean hands in any government office.
	From good hands	قابل بھروسہ وسیلہ	We have come to know from good hands that a few posts of clerks are king vacant under your kind control.
	Come to hand	وصول کرنا	All the members of my family came to hand at the railway station this mooning.
	Hand to hand	ہاتھوں ہاتھ لینا	The new military camps are going to be hand to hand.
8	HANDKERCHIEF
	Throw the handkerchief	بلانا	The king threw the handkerchief among the ladies of the harem.
9	HANDSOME
	To feel handsome	اچھا محسوس کرنا	The patient is feeling handsome.
	Know a handsome or two	تجرنہ کار ہونا	I know a handsome or two of government jobs.
10	HANG
	Hang on	چمٹنا ، لمبا کرنا، انتظار کرنا	The boy hung on the girl the whole day.
	Hang one’s head	شرمندہ ہونا	After a convincing defeat the cricketers hung their heads.
	Hang out	نمائش کرنا، ظاہر کرنا	They hung Out their nameplates.
	Hang together	متحد کرنا	If you do not hang weather, you will hang separately.
	Hang up	معطل کرنا، طویل کرنا	They hanged up final decision for two months.
	Hang over one’s head	خطرہ میں ہونا	The whole country is hanging over his head owing to increased cost of living.
	To hang heavy	بوجھ اٹھانا	The new job is hanging heavy on my head.
11	HARBOUR
	Harbour refuge	جنت پناہ گاہ	A true yogi is a harbour of refuge for distressed souls.
	Hard of hearing	بالکل بہرہ	Old folk are hard of hearing.
	Hard facts	ناقابل انکار حقائق	Hard facts about Pakistan cannot be ignored.
	Hold words	گالی دینا، مشکل الفاظ	Call him no hard words.
	Hold hard	رکنا	Please hold hard until I return.
	Hold nut to crack	مشکل مسئلہ	How to increase good production in our count is a hard nut to crack.
	Hard and fast	سخت	There is no hard and fast rule in becoming a member of the I.T. Union.
	Hard up	مطلوب	I am hard up of money now-a-days.
	Hard-hearted	ظالم	The army has got to be hard hearted.
	Hard-headed	صاف اور واضح	Our manager is a hard—headed man.
12	HARNESS
	To die in harness	کام کرتے ہوئے مرنا	The leaders who die in harness are worshipped till ages.
13	HASH
	Settle a person’s hash	خاتمہ کرنا	I can settle a hash of my friend only when he is willing to act on my advice.
14	HAT
	A bad hat	بالکل پاگل	The child is a bad hat.
	Mad as a hatter		The youngster was mad as a I hatter.
	My hat	حیرانگی کا اظہار	You want to buy this house? My hat.
	Talk though the hat	مسلسل بولے جانا	Please stop talking through your hat
	Under one's hat	راز میں	I can tell you under niv ha that I am going abroad next summer.
15	HATCHET
	To bury the hatchet	جھگڑا ختم کرنا	Will both of you bury the hatchet and compromise?.
	To throw the hatchet	مبالغہ آرائی	Many women are in the habit of throwing the hatchet.
16	HAVE
	Have it	حملہ	Don’t have it at my friend.
	Have it Out	تیزی سے اظہار کرنا	Let its have it out. Whatever you want to say have it out.
	Have on	پہننا	Why are you not having on a coat today.
	Have up	عدالت میں جواب دہ ہونا	Let us have him up before the judge.
	Haves and have—nots	امیر و غریب	All haves and have nots sitting in this gathering are requested to contribute something for the Flood Fund.
	Have away	ختم کرنا	Please have away your language from here.
17	HAWK
	Hawk-eyed	دو اندیش	The old man of this village is haw—eyed.
18	HAZARD
	At all hazards	تمام خطرات	I am ready at all hazards to save the life of my wife.
19	HEAD
	Come to a head	عروج پر پہنچنا	When matters conic to a head, you must take a quick decision.
	Go to one's head	کسی کے اچھے حالات خراب کرنا	Money and power go quick to one’s head.
	Have a head on ones shoulders	قابلیت اور توازن ہونا	You can face the world while you have a head on your shoulders.
	Head and Shoulders	بہت زیادہ	He is involved in debt head and shoulders.
	Head off	راستے سے بھٹک جانا	He headed off for his house from his office.
	Iddp one's head	اپنے آپ پر قابو ہونا مخمل مزاج ہونا	You must keep your head at all times.
	Lose one's head	ضبط نفس کھو دینا	You can never afford to lose your head.
	Lay heads together	مشورہ کرنا، گفتگو کرنا	Let us lay our heads together for the good of country.
	Offone's head	خود، دیوانہ	If you want to get rich quickly, you are off your head.
	Out of one's head	خود بخود	He delivered the speech out of his head.
	Over head and cars	عرق	You will meet him always over head and cars in the newspaper.
	Show one's head	ظاہر ہونا	The king must show his head to the people.
	Take it into one's head	نظریہ چھپانا	He took it into his head to form a society.
	Turn ones head	مفرور بنانا	Let money and success not turn your head
	cannot make a head or tail	سمجھ نہ سکنے والا	It is difficult to make a head or tail of the Prime Minister’s speech of to-day.
	Good head	وصف	He is good-headed map.
	Hot head	جلد باز شخص	A hot—head is always a loser in life.
	From head to foot	تمام بدن پر	He is having pimples from head to foot.
	At the head of	خاص بڑا، نمایاں	Who is at the head of this council?
	To put something into someone’s head	مشورہ دینا	Many members of the club put something into the head of the leader to make Mr. Kashif their new Secretary.
20	HEAP
	Knock, strike all of a heap	ناکام کرنا، نقصان پہنچانا	The leader struck the enemies all of a heap.
21	HEART
	After one’s heart	کسی کی پسند کے مطابق	The house was after m heart.
	At heart	حقیقی کردار میں	At heart ever body is a great man.
	Break one’s heart	شدید تم کا باعث	The death of Faisal broke my heart.
	By heart	زبانی	Man students learn their books my heart.
	Have at heart	عزیز جاننا	I have at heart the memory of my brother.
	Have one's heart in the mouth	گھبرانا، خوف زدہ ہونا	If you are looking for success, don’t have our heart in the mouth.
	Heart and hand	بہت محنت سے	He devoted himself to his duty heart and hand.
	Heart and soul	بہت خلوص سے	He served his teachers heart and soul.
	Heart of hearts	دل و جان سے	I remember you with the heart of hearts.
	heart of oak	گہرا اثر لینا	Napoleon had a heart of oak.
	Take to heart	بہادر	I took his death to heart.
	Set the heart upon	گہرا اثر لینا	It is not good to set your heart upon anything in the world.
	Speak to the heart	شدید خواہش کا اظہار کرنا	This song speak to the heart.
	wear one’s heart on one’s Sleeves	جذبات کا کھلم کھلا اظہار کرنا	If you are angry with our friend, do not wear your heart upon your sleeves.
	Take heart	بہادر بنو	Take heart and do your duty in life.
	With all ones heart	بہت خوشی	I am ready to help you with all my heart.
	To have no heart	کوئی جذبات نہ ہونا	The old man of our Street has no heart for his children.
	Heart to heart	بے تکلف اور آزاد	Let us have a heart—to—heart talk and finish the matter once for all.
	Out of heart	بہ ہمت	It is but natural to be out of hearts when you fail in Some examination.
	Break the heart	غم سے مرجانا	The man broke his heart for the misbehaviour of his family.
	With all my heart	بہت خوشی سے	I apologise for my misbehaviour wih all my heart.
22	HEAT
	Turn on the heat	وحشیانہ سلوک کرنا	The police very often turn on the heat to extort confessions from offenders.
	At a heat	آسان سی کوشش میں	You cannot succeed b working at a heat, take the help of our friends.
23	HEAVE
	Heave in sight	منظر آنا	I sill be there to welcome you when you have in sight.
24	HEAVEN
	In the seventhe heaven	بہت خوشی کی حالت میں	After marriage a bride is in the seventh heaven.
25	HEEL
	Come to heel	کتے کی طرح پیچھا	Wherever a ‘minister goes, scophants come to heel.
	Heels over head	الٹا	I Few men can escape death after falling heels over head from heights.
	Out of heels	کسمپرسی کی حالت	A man in economic difficulties is usually out of heels.
	Tread on one's heels	پیچھے آنا	When you have money, your friend come treading on their heels.
	Under the heels	قتل کر دینا، ختم کر دینا	Hitler put many people under the heels.
26	HELL
	Hell of noise	شور شرابا	The school student are making a hell of noise.
27	HELP
	Help one self	اپنی مدد آپ	At a social dinner you are expected to help yourself.
	More than one can help	ضرورت سے زیادہ	Rising prices are more than the poor can help.
28	HEN
	Hen-hearted	بزدل	Hen-hearted have no place in army.
29	HERE
	Here and there	ادھر ادھر	Good men are found here and there. Why are you wandering here and there?.
30	HIDE
	To play hide-and seek	فریب دینا، دھوکہ دینا	Never encourage the habit of playing hide-and-seek with our friends.
31	HIGH
	High and low	امیر اور غریب اوپر نیچے ہر طرف	High and low came to the meeting.
	High and might	ممتاز ، بلند مرتبہ	India is ruled by the high and mighty.
	High feather	اعلیٰ ہمت	The parrots fought for freedom in high feather.
	High life	فیشن ابیل معاشرے کی زندگی	Keep away from high life.
	High living	پر تعش کھانا	Middle classes can no longer afford high living.
	High seas	سمندر	No nation has control over the high seas.
	High spot	نمایاں	Bhangra is a high sopot of punjabi marriages.
	High time	عمل کا وقت	It is high time that you should realise the responsibility.
	High born	اعلیٰ خاندان سے	Dilawar is a high born boy.
32	HIT
	A hit or a miss	ایسی حالت جس میں کامیابی یا ناکامی دونوں ممکن ہو	A young man’s career today is a hit or a miss.
	Hard hit	محبت یا کسی تکلیف سے متاثر	When his mother died, the boy was hard hit.
	Hit a bolt	کمزوری	A politician always hits a bolt in the opposition.
	Hit out	مکا مارنا	The ruffians hit out time police.
	Hit the nail on the head	مطلوبہ مقصد	In dealing with employs, Majid does not know how to hit the nail on the head.
	Hit upon	حاصل کرنا	In the deep and dark loneliness of the night You often hit upon great ideas.
33	HITCH
	Hitch up	شادی کرنا	Napoleon hitched up Josiphine.
34	HITHER
	Hither and thither	ادھر ادھر	When I reached home I found all my things scattered hither and thither
35	HODGE
	Hodge podge	کھچڑی، خراب	Pakistan today is a hodge podge of economic and political currents.
36	HOLD
	Hold forth	سامنے رکھنا، دکھانا عوام کے سامنے	Few politicians can hold forth for truth now—a—days.
	Hold hard	رکنا	He was ordered to hold hard talking nonsense
	Hold in	رکاوٹ	Hold in your indignation. When somebody loses temper you must hold in.
	Hold of	عزت کرنا	I hold of my visit with pleasure.
	hold off	دور رکھنا	You must hold off evil company.
	Hold one in hand	کوئی فائدہ حاصل کرنا	Mr. Vajpai can no longer hold President Clinton in hand.
	Hold one’s own	اپنی حیثیت قائم رہنا	A man without money cannot long hold his own against s man with money.
	Hold over	ملتوی کرنا	The meeting has been held over for tomorrow.
	Hold together	متحد رہنا	We must hold together against the common foe.
	Hold up	ابھارنا، ساکت کر دینا، روکنا اور رکاوٹ	He holding up forces of violence in the country.
	To hold good	لاگو ہونا	A vehicle permit does not hold good everywhere in the country.
	To hold out	پیشکش کرنا	There is nothing good in our stock which I can hold out to you.
37	HOLE
	A hole in one’s coat	کسی کی عزت پر دھبہ	Bad debts are a hole in one’s coat.
	In holes	سوراخوں سے بھرا ہوا	Your shirt is all in holes.
	Load in the hole	مکھن میں پکا ہوا گوشت	He is fond of toad in the hole.
	To pick holes in	غلطیاں نکالنا	Will you please stop picking holes in the matter?.
	Make holes in	زیادہ رقم استعمال کرنا	Women are in the habit of making holes in their husband’s pockets.
38	HOME
	Bring home to	ثابت کرنا	I will bring this problem home to you
	Long home	قبر	My brother has gone to the long home.
	Make oneself at a home	آرام دہ ہونا	Please make yourself at home here.
	At home in	ماہر	Rashid is at home in Mathematics.
	At home	آسان	Please be at home.
39	HONEST
	To turn an honest penny	ایمانداری سے روزی کمانا	His father turned an honest penny throughout his life.
40	HONOURS
	Do the honours	سب کی طرح آداب بجا لانا	Asia Restauram does the honours to even guest.
	Last honours	ماتمی رسوم	We performed the last honours to my brother in June, 1997.
	Word of honour	ایسا وعدہ جو بے عزتی کے علاوہ توڑا نہ جا سکے	I give you a work of honour to help you in your needs.
41	HOOK
	By hook or by Crook	جائز اور ناجائز طریقے سے	People today make money by hook or by crook.
	Off the hooks	خراب مردہ	Everything is off the hooks in Pakistan today. Prohibition is off the hooks.
	On one’s own hook	اپنی ذمہ داری پر	You can do any thing on your own hook.
42	HOPE
	Hope against hope	نا امیدی کے باجود امید رکھنا	We are all hoping against hope that one day Pakistan will be a land flowing with mild and hondy.
43	HORN
	Horn in	مداخلت کرنا، قطع کلام کرنا	Please don’t horn in when I am speaking.
	To take the bull by the horns	بہادری سے مشکل کا سامنا کرنا	One must possess the courage of taking the bull by the horns.
	To blow one’s own horn	شیخی بگھارنا	Do something solid. No use blowing your own horn every now and then.
44	HORSE
	Put the cart before the horse	قانون فطرت کے خلاف کام کرنا	By laying more stress on military and less on meals we are putting the cart before the horse.
	To Sork like a horse	محنت کرنا	If your want to get first position in our college, you will have to work like a horse.
45	HOST
	Host in himself	ماہر	Quaid was a host in himself.
46	HOT
	Hot air	فضول باتیں	Our plans of socialism are all hot air.
	Hot stuff	کوئی خطر ناک شے	Strange men is hot stuff now-a-days.
	Hot water	مشکل حالت	If you spend more than you earn, you will soon find yourself in hot water.
	To blow hot and cold	تردید کرنا، رد کرنا	In today's meeting the speaker was blowing hot and cold.
	Hot and hot	پکتے ہی پیش کرنا	The service in Pearl Continental Hotel is worth appreciating you get things hot and hot.
47	GOTCH-POTCH
	Hotch-potch	کھچڑی	Life today is all hotch—potch.
48	HOUR
	At the eleventh hour	آخری لمحے میں	Nobody will come to our help at the eleventh hour.
	In a good hour	خوش قسمت ہونا	Every body help you in a good hour.
	In an evil hour	بد قسمت ہونا	Nobody stands by you in an evil hour.
	Keep good hour	جلدی سو جانا جلدی جاگ جانا	Old people should keep good hours.
	At all hours	مقررہ وقت کے بغیر	I return home at all hours.
49	HOUSE
	keep a good house	کھانے کی بہتات ہونا	Rich men keep a good house.
	Keep house	ادارہ یا تنظیم چلانا	She keeps house in Computer Mania.
	Like a house on fire	تیز رفتاری سے	The news spread lide a house on fire.
	To keep an open house	تمام آنے والوں کو تفریح مہیا کرنا	Any club is supposed to keep an open house.
	House to house	گھر گھر	They moved house to house for collecting charity.
50	HOW
	How and how	یقیناً	I shall meet you at the coffee house how and how.
	The how and the why	طریقہ اور وجہ	Nobody knows the how and the why of the economic mess in which the world finds itself today.
51	HUE
	Hue and cry	شور وغل	There is a great hue and cry about corruption now-a-days.
52	HUMPTY
	Humpty—dumpty	چھوٹا اور موٹا	Every successful leader is a humpty-dumpty in Pakistan today.
53	HUNT
	Hunt the letter	تجنیس حرفی پر اثر ہونا	Good poets do not hunt the letter.
	Hunt up	تلاش کرنا	Hunt up one who can help you.
54	HURRY
	Hurry—scurry	بے ترتیبی اور تیزی	You can achieve no peace in hurry-scurry.
	Hurry up	جلدی کرنا	Please hurry up lest you are late.
55	HUSH
	Hush up	خاموش ہونا	Please hush up.