Break the ice
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 23To say or do something that makes people relax, especially at the start of a meeting
चुप्पी तोड़ना
One question broke the ice in a very quiet room.
To break the ice is a skill and not a trick.
Daily use: Ice break kar diya usne.
जब चार लोग चुप बैठे हों तो सन्नाटा बर्फ़ की तरह जमा लगता है। कोई बोल पड़े तो बर्फ़ टूट जाती है और माहौल warm हो जाता है। Concept याद रखिए: हम गर्मजोशी से बात करते हैं, ठंडी जोशी से कभी नहीं; warm वाले idioms positive और cold वाले negative होते हैं।
When people sit together in silence, the silence feels frozen like ice. When someone speaks first, the ice breaks and the mood becomes warm. Remember the Concept: we speak with warmth, never with coldness, so 'warm' idioms are positive and 'cold' idioms negative.
यह सबसे ज़्यादा पूछे गए idioms में है, तीन रूपों में: to make people comfortable, to make people relaxed at the beginning of a meeting, to start talking। Opposite भाव: freeze up।
One of the most asked idioms, in three forms: 'to make people comfortable', 'to say or do something that makes people relax at the beginning of a meeting', and 'to start talking'. The opposite feel is 'freeze up'.