List of Important Idioms and Phrases Beginning with X,Y,Z

 

List of Important Idioms and Phrases Beginning with X,Y,Z

1. X marks the spot - सही जगह दिखाने के लिए कहना 

Meaning: Said to show the exact spot.

Use: Would you like to jump from here- X marks the spot

2. X-rated - बच्चो के लिए उनुपयोगी

Meaning: Not suitable for children

Use: This horror movie is X-rated, so they are advised not to watch this movie.

3. Yoke around someone's neck - एक प्रकार का बोझ, दबाव

Meaning: A type of burden, pressure

Use: They buy a house on installments and it becomes a yoke around the neck.

4.Yeoman's service - अच्छी सेवा 

Meaning: Very good service,

Use: Providing food to hungry is a yeoman's service.

5.Young Turk - विद्रोही

Meaning: A rebellion, an anarchist

Use: Ram is a young Turk as he tries to change the politics of his region.

6.You got me there - जबाब ना दे पाना 

Meaning: Unable to answer

Use: I don’t know what to say, you got me there.

7.Young at heart - बुढ़ापे में भी युवाओं जैसा भाव रखना 

Meaning: To have a spirit of youth even in old age.

Use: Although he is 90 years old, he is young at heart.

8.Zero hour - किसी काम को शुरू होने का पॉइंट

Meaning: The time when something is already planned to start.

Use: This is the zero hour for the attack, said the major.

9.Zero tolerance - एक सख्त तरीके से असामाजिक व्यवहार की अस्वीकृति

Meaning: Non-acceptance of antisocial behaviour in a strict manner

Use: I will be chairing an organisation that will always take a zero tolerance approach to drug abuse in sport