Common Bengali idiomatic expressions with their literal and figurative meanings, one idiom per card. Front: the Bengali word or phrase in Bengali script with romanization in parentheses. Back: English meaning.
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- মাথায় হাত দেওয়া (mathay hat deoya)
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to be shocked or worried- নাকে খত দেওয়া (nake khot deoya)
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to swear never to do something again- মাথা গরম করা (matha gorom kora)
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to lose one's temper- চোখের জল ফেলা (chokher jol fela)
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to weep, to cry- পেটে ভাত না থাকা (pete bhat na thaka)
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to be very poor, to go hungry- গলায় কাঁটা বেঁধা (golay kata bandha)
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to be a nagging problem- হাতে চাঁদ পাওয়া (hate chand paoya)
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to feel extremely lucky or joyful- কান পাতলা হওয়া (kan patla hoowa)
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to be gullible, easily influenced by rumors- মুখে মধু অন্তরে বিষ (mukhe modhu ontore bish)
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two-faced, sweet talking but harboring ill will- চোখ টাটানো (chokh tatano)
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to be jealous of someone's success- দুধ কলা দিয়ে সাপ পোষা (dudh kola diye shap posha)
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to nurture an ungrateful or dangerous person- অন্ধকারে ঢিল মারা (ondhokare dhil mara)
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to make a wild guess- গায়ে ফুঁ দিয়ে বেড়ানো (gaye phu diye berano)
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to live carelessly without responsibility- কুমিরের কান্না (kumirer kanna)
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crocodile tears, fake sympathy- এক ঢিলে দুই পাখি মারা (ek dhile dui pakhi mara)
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to kill two birds with one stone
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