HinKhoj Dictionary

English Hindi Dictionary | अंग्रेज़ी हिन्दी शब्दकोश

Idioms and Phrases


Great cry and little wool
ऊँची दुकान फीका पकवान (a lot of fuss with little effect)
After a lot of calls to that hotel, receptionist attended one; the hotel is like great cry and little wool.

A drop in the ocean
ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा (an amount that is so small that it does not make an important difference or have much effect)
I always try to give money to the charity, but sometimes I feel it is just a drop in the ocean.

cry for the moon
असंभव चीज़ माँगना (ask for what is unattainable or impossible)
Thinking of getting an officer's job with such ordinary qualifications is to cry for the moon.

Bag of bones
हड्डियों का ढांचा (an emaciated person or animal)
Why don't you eat something you are not more than a bag of bones.

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