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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.