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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.