HinKhoj Dictionary

Ablutomanina: Mania for washing oneself
Anthomania: Obsession with flowers
Arithmomania: Obsessive preoccupation with numbers
Bruxomania: Compulsion for grinding teeth
Choreomania: Dancing mania or frenzy
Dacnomania: Obsession with killing
Demonomania: Pathological belief that one is possessed demons
Dipsomania: Abnormal craving for alcohol

Apples and oranges
Meaning: To be different from each other (एक दूसरे से बिलकुल अलग होना)
My mom and my mother-in-law are just apples and oranges. मेरी माँ और मेरी सास एक दूसरे से बिलकुल अलग हैं।

Go pear-shaped
Meaning: To fail; to be unsuccessful (असफल होना)
What are we going to do this weekend if our plans go pear-shaped? अगर हमारी योजना असफल हो जाती है तो इस सप्ताह के अंत में हम क्या करने जा रहे हैं?

A plum job
Meaning: Very good job (बहुत अच्छी नौकरी)
He got a plum job in an insurance company. (उसे insurance company में बहुत अच्छी नौकरी मिली।)

Top banana
Meaning: the leader/ the most important person in an organization or activity (सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण व्यक्ति/ नेता)
You’ll have to ask the top banana. (आपको संस्था के सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण व्यक्ति से पूछना पड़ेगा।)

A Figure among cyphers. – अंधों में काना राजा
All is well that ends well. – अंत भला सो भला
He that is warm thinks all are so. – आप सुखी तो जग सुखी
Out of the frying pan into the fire. – आम से टपका बगल में अटका
Self praise is no recommendation. – अपने मुहं मियां मिट्ठू मत बनो
Necessity is the mother of invention. – आवश्यकता अविष्कार की जननी है

Lackadaisical(Adjective) : उदासीन/ उत्साह और दृढ़ संकल्प की कमी/ लापरवाही से आलसी

Meaning: lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.

SKIRMISH (noun) : झड़प

Meaning: a brief clash between enemies or rivals.

RECALCITRANT (adjective) : आज्ञा न माननेवाला

Meaning: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.

WARY (adjective) : सावधान

Meaning: feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.

INHABITANT(Noun) : निवासी

Meaning: a person or animal that lives in a particular place

Martinet - a person who demands complete obedience; a strict disciplinarian. (कठोर अनुशासक)
Sycophant - someone who praises powerful or rich people in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them (चापलूस)
Dilettante - a person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but whose understanding of it is not very deep or serious (शौक़ीन/ कलाप्रेमी)
Virtuoso - a person who is extremely skilful at something, especially playing a musical instrument (किसी कला में (विशेषतः वाद्य यंत्र संगीत कला में) अति दक्ष)
Diaphanous - substance, especially cloth, is so delicate and thin that you can see through it (आर-पार दिखलानेवाला/ पारदर्शी)
Tyro - a beginner or novice (आरंभ करनेवाला/ नौसिखिया)