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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.