"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.