ਮੁਹਾਵਰੇ

1. Short cut.

ਅਰਥ : ਨੇੜੇ ਦਾ ਰਸਤਾ।

This lane is a short cut to my house.

2. Skin of one’s teeth.

ਅਰਥ : ਵਾਲ-ਵਾਲ ਬਚਣਾ।

When the ship sank, everybody drowned except Kiran, who managed to escape with the skin of her teeth.

3. Fish out of water.

ਅਰਥ : ਚੁਣੌਤੀਪੂਰਨ ਸਥਿਤੀਆਂ ‘ਚ ਲੋਕਾਂ ‘ਚ ਹੋਣਾ।

I felt like a fish out of water in the company of those scientists.