{"id":7865,"date":"2018-07-21T19:26:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T19:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=7865"},"modified":"2018-08-01T03:36:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T03:36:33","slug":"idioms-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/idioms-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms Continued"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous post<\/a>, I discussed idioms that have to do with facial features. Despite the seeming randomness of this choice, I was taught by one of my greatest Hindi teachers that categorizing idioms and learning them as part of those categories makes it easier.\u00a0 And, he was right, of course! The same goes for learning new vocabulary. So, without further ado, let’s dive into more idioms concerning facial features that we didn’t have a chance to discuss in my previous post.<\/p>\n

Idioms Concerning Facial Features \/ \u091a\u0939\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u0941\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0939\u093e\u0935\u0930\u0947<\/h3>\n

Part 2 (\u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0917)<\/h3>\n

\u0928\u093e\u0915 (naak, the nose, fem. noun)<\/h3>\n

x \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u093e\u0915 \u0915\u093e\u091f\u0928\u093e<\/strong>\u00a0(literally: to cut off someone’s nose, figuratively: to disgrace or dishonor someone)<\/p>\n

\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\/udaaharan (example): \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u091c\u0940 \u0930\u0940\u0924\u093f-\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u091c\u093c \u092a\u093e\u0932\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902; \u0935\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0928\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u093f \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0941\u0926\u093e\u092f \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0939 \u0915\u0930\u0942\u0901, \u0924\u094b (\u092e\u0948\u0902) \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \u0928\u093e\u0915 \u0915\u093e\u091f \u0926\u0942\u0901\u0917\u0940 \u0964<\/strong>\u00a0(Mere pitaa ji reeti-rivaaz palnee kaa bahut vishvaas karte hain; ve maante hain ki agar main doosre samudaay ke vyakti se byaah karuun, to (main) unki naak kaat doongi).<\/p>\n

My father very much believes in upholding tradition and customs; he thinks\/believes that, if I marry someone from another community, I’ll disgrace him.<\/p>\n

*Similarly, the related idiom \u0928\u093e\u0915 \u0915\u091f\u0928\u093e\/naak katnaa means “for the nose to be cut\/to be disgrace or dishonored” and is just an intransitive variant of the above transitive verb (that is, a verb that takes an object). So, you could also say something like:<\/p>\n

\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\/udaaharan (example): \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092c\u0947\u091f\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0907\u0928 \u092c\u093e\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u093e\u0915 \u0915\u091f \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0964<\/strong>\u00a0(Tumhaare bete ki in baaton se humaare parivaar ki naak kat gayi hain).<\/p>\n

Our family has been disgraced\/dishonored by your son’s words.<\/p>\n

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Image by Asim Chaudhuri on Flickr, licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u0928\u093e\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e <\/strong>(literally: to put life\/breath in one’s nose, figuratively: to completely pester or bother someone)<\/p>\n

\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\/udaaharan (example): \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u0947; \u0909\u0928\u0915\u094b \u091a\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u091a\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u0915\u0930 \u091c\u0932\u094d\u0926 \u0939\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0928\u093e\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u092e \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948<\/strong>\u00a0(Mujhe to bacche bilkul acche nahin lagte; unko chillaate chillaate sunkar jald hi meri naak me dam kar detaa hai).<\/p>\n

I really don’t like children at all; listening to them screaming away bothers\/annoys me very quickly.<\/p>\n

\u0928\u093e\u0915 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u093e\u0932 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e<\/strong>\/naak kaa baal honaa (literally: to be the hair in someone’s nose, figuratively: to be beloved and indispensable to someone in a non-romantic way, such as a close friend or adviser\/righthand man).<\/p>\n

\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\/udaaharan (example): \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0926\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0915\u092e \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u091c\u093f\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0936\u0916\u093c\u094d\u0938 \u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092d\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948; \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0936\u094b\u0932\u092f \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0935\u0940\u0930\u0942 \u091c\u092f \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u093e\u0915 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u093e\u0932 \u0925\u093e \u0964<\/strong>\u00a0(aisi dosti bahut kam milti hai jis me ek shakhs doosre par bilkul nirbhar kartaa hai; jaise Sholay me, Veeru Jai ki naak kaa baal tha).<\/p>\n

You don’t often come across such friendships in which one person completely depends on the other; like in Sholay (a famous Hindi Western film), Veeru is Jai’s righthand man\/beloved friend.<\/p>\n

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\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0920 (honth, the lip(s), masc. noun)<\/h3>\n

\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0920\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e or \u0928\u091a\u093e\u0928\u093e\/honthon par honaa, nachaanaa <\/b>(literally: to be on\/dancing on the lips, figuratively: to be on the tip of the tongue).<\/p>\n

\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\/udaaharan (example): \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0910\u0938\u093e \u092e\u0939\u0938\u0942\u0938 \u092c\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u091c\u092c \u090f\u0915 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926 \u090f\u0915\u0926\u092e \u0939\u094b\u0902\u0920\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u0948\/\u0928\u091a\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0906 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 !<\/strong>\u00a0(Mujhe aisaa mehsoos bilkul acchaa nahin lagtaa jab ek shabd ekdam honthon par hai\/nachaa rahaa hai, lekin phir bhi man me nahin aa rahaa hai).<\/p>\n

I absolutely dislike that feeling when a word is on the tip of your tongue, but you still can’t think of it!<\/p>\n

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Image by Nithi Anand on Flickr, licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0920\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0939\u0928\u093e<\/strong> (literally: to say in one’s lips, figuratively: to say in a low voice).<\/p>\n

\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\/udaaharan (example): \u0935\u0939 \u092c\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u0939\u094b\u0902\u0920\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0939 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e ; \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0908 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u0940\u0964\u00a0<\/strong>(Voh bilkul hothon me keh rahaa thaa; isliye mujhe uski sunaai nahin di).<\/p>\n

He was speaking in a very low voice; therefore, I couldn’t hear him.<\/p>\n

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\u092e\u0941\u0939\u0901 (munh, masc. noun, lips\/face)<\/h3>\n

*It’s important to take note that the masculine noun \u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939\/muunh can mean both mouth, lips and face, but more often means mouth or lips. When you want to be very specific and clear in what you’re referring to, use \u091a\u0947\u0939\u0930\u093e\/chehraa to signify “face.”<\/p>\n

\u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939 \u0915\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0939\u094b \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e\/\u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939 \u0915\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e\/munh kaalaa ho jaanaa\/munh kaalaa karnaa<\/strong> (literally: for one’s face to blacken, to blacken someone else’s face, figuratively: to be disgraced\/dishonored or to disgrace\/dishonor someone else).<\/p>\n

\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\/udaaharan (example): \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0924\u0942-\u0924\u0942 \u092e\u0948\u0902-\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947 \u0924\u0941\u092e \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939 \u0915\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u0947 \u0939\u094b \u0964 <\/strong>(sabhi ko tu tu main main karke tum apnaa hi munh kaalaa kar baithe ho).<\/p>\n

After squabbling (can also mean “to insult”) with everyone, you’ve only disgraced yourself.<\/p>\n

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Image by Koshy Koshy on Flickr, licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939 \u0916\u0941\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0916\u0941\u0932\u093e \u0930\u0939 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e\/munh khule kaa khulaa reh jaanaa<\/strong> (literally: for the mouth\/face to remain completely open, figuratively: to remain with mouth agape out of astonishment\/surprise).<\/p>\n

\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\/udaaharan (example): \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u093e\u0916\u093c\u093f\u0932 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0940, \u0909\u0938\u0915\u094b \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0906\u0936\u0930\u094d\u092f \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0915\u093f \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0924 \u0935\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u092a\u0947 \u0907\u0915\u091f\u094d\u0920\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f “\u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092e\u0941\u092c\u093e\u0930\u0915 \u0939\u094b” \u0917\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0925\u0947 –\u092f\u0939 \u0938\u092c \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0915\u0930, \u0909\u0938\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939 \u0916\u0941\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0916\u0941\u0932\u093e \u0930\u0939 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0964 <\/strong>(Apne ghar me daakhil hote hi, usko bahut aashcharya huaa ki uske saare dost vahaan pe ikatthe hue “janmadin mubaarak ho” gaa rahe the –yah sab dekhkar, uskaa munh khule kaa khulaa rah gaya).<\/p>\n

As soon as she entered her home, she was very surprised to find all of her friends gathered there, singing “Happy Birthday”–seeing all of this, her mouth remained agape (with astonishment).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

In my previous post, I discussed idioms that have to do with facial features. Despite the seeming randomness of this choice, I was taught by one of my greatest Hindi teachers that categorizing idioms and learning them as part of those categories makes it easier.\u00a0 And, he was right, of course! The same goes for…<\/p>\n

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