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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.