A Hand Book Of Sindhi Idioms (English To sindhi)

(1) To be ready; to be obtainable.
(1) To conceal property.(2) To stop; wait.
(1) To consume a good portion of any eatable; to complete a good portion of work. (2) To carry away anything stealthily.
(1) To have an evil eye (on a person). (2) To show a little anger e.g.پڻس اُتس ڪڏهن به اَکه ميري نه ڪئي
(1) To hoard or collect.
(1) To rise (sun). (2) To bud. (3) To harm a person; e.g.ڪنهنجي اکه ڪڍڻ سٿري، پر وجهڻ ڏکي
(1) To tear by criticism;(2) To confound.
(1) To wash one’s hands of any affair; to sever connection with. (2) To depart in disgust.
(1)To dive deep. (2)To disappear for some time.
(1)To leer (in anger).(2)A sidelong look of a dying person (denoting loss of consciousness).
(1)   To have an evil eye.(2)   To wish-ill
(2) To credit.
(2) To prosper.
(=اولاد) offspring.
(=سنڌ ملائڻ) To joint.
(A child) born after much anxiety and longing; a person anxious and longing for an off-spring.
(cor. of ‘Damaged.’) Heaving a stain on one’s character.
(Expresses joy), not to be able to contain one self through joy; to be greatly delighted.
(He is) not wanted anywhere (said of a perfectly useless fellow).
(Lit. A fighting ram) a quarrelsome fellow.
(Lit. a goat should not be slaughtered, for the sake of getting out its liver); cf. He sets my house on fire only to roast his eggs.
(Lit. a spoon for every pot); adaptive, a busybody, sponger, a mischief- maker.
(Lit. all the five fingers are not equal ;) i.e. All men are not alike.
(Lit. Coppersmith’s cat) Obdurate, callous, hardened; one who will not listen to reason; one who has become callous.
(Lit. even an earthen jar should be tested before purchasing it); i.e. test and try before you buy.
(Lit. Four days glimmer); short-lived existence, nine days wonder.
(Lit. four pice); money, competence.
(Lit. he lost both the worlds) derived no benefit whatsoever.
(Lit. Hiding ones face), Concealed, absconder.
(lit. little night several rituals) Is applied to express hurry in business with little time to perform it in.
(Lit. Mount Caucasus); a dark, lonely place.
(Lit. slaughter of goats); dealing blows right and left; outcry, bawling.
(Lit. Strewing salt on a wound) i. e. adding insult to injury.
(Lit. The crop is ripened.) (ironically) farewell to all success!
(Lit. To add pepper and spices) i.e. to exaggerate, to use spiced (good, enticing) words, to pull the long bow.
(Lit. To apply antimony to the eyelids); to hoodwink; to impose upon.
(Lit. to cock a hat) i.e To indulge in pride, to be conceited.
(Lit. to demand heaven on the palm of the hand) i.e. to expect a thing in an incredibly short time.
(Lit. To fall into a well). To let it go, to drop; to be abandoned.
(Lit. To lay out a chessboard.) To lay extensive plans, to make large speculations, etc.
(Lit. to mount one upon a jackass) applied to a mode of punishment common in the east.
(Lit. To pay half an anna for the fetching of live coal.) i.e. To be extravagant and indolent; to become unnecessarily vain.
(Lit. to put a land round one’s neck). i.e. to get (a son) married.
(Lit. to put off one’s clothes before seeing water); i.e. To cry out before you are hurt; to count one’s chickens before they are hatched.
(Lit. welcome what comes.) c.f. a contented mind is a continual feast.
(Metaphorically)A greedy person.
(Obtaining) without purchase.
(Polite for ملاقات ڪرڻ).
(To be) of no account whatsoever; unimportant, insignificant.
A babbler, tell-tale;out spoken.
A beating; a habit, as چلم جي مار; want, as in عقل جي مار want of good sense..
A big person.
A boaster (originally تيس مار a hero of thirty at-a blow, like Grimm’s seven-at-a blow).
A bog, a quagmire.
A careless work.(بيگر impressments).
A chanced thing, as lottery.
A chaste and faithful (wife).
A confidant.
A coxcomb, a vain fellow.
A crisis, a critical moment.
A curt reply.
A dandy.
A darling.
A decent dress reserved for wearing on some occasions; anything reserved for use in need.
A deluge, a general inundation.
A den or hiding-place for thieves; one to whose house thieves take goods after stealing them.
A dimple in the chin.
A disguise; use of changed dress or appearance for concealment’s sake.
A dotard.
A drinker of strong bhang.
A drudge.
A family of young children.
A family, a household.
A fault-finder.
A fault-finder.
A festival day; a holiday.
A fever that comes at night.
A fine piece of workmanship.
A flat refusal.
A flat refusal.
A fop.
A glutton.
A glutton.
A godfather; foster father.
A Godsend.
A good for nothing fellow.
A good or well-to do merchant. (ٺوڙهي Not-wheat)
A good paymaster.
A great crowd.
A great talker; one who speaks in a disrespectful manner.
A grievous offence.
A gross lie.
A handsome beard (cclloq) a term of reproach, as to say, a fool.
A heinous crime.
A help-mate
A helper.
A helper; a supporter of a resolution.
A highway man.
A holiday, festival.
A husband, possessor of a house.

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