Catch a tartar
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 6To catch an opponent more powerful than imagined
सेर को सवा सेर मिलना
The young player thought the match would be easy, but he caught a tartar in the final.
Radhika's opponent in the debate soon realised she had caught a tartar.
Daily use: Usne socha Radhika se debate aasaan hoga, par usne to tartar catch kar liya.
युद्ध में एक soldier ने दुश्मन को पकड़ा और चिल्लाया: 'जल्दी आओ, मैंने एक Tartar पकड़ लिया है!' Commander ने कहा, 'उसे यहाँ ले आओ।' वह बोला, 'वो नहीं आ रहा, और मुझे भी आने नहीं दे रहा!' यानी जिसे पकड़ा था, उसी ने इसे पकड़ रखा था। Catch a tartar = सोच से ज़्यादा ताक़तवर विरोधी से सामना।
A soldier caught an enemy and shouted to his group, 'Come quickly, I have caught a Tartar!' The commander said, 'Bring him here.' He replied, 'He will not come, and he will not let me come either!' The man he had caught was so strong that he was holding the soldier. So to catch a tartar is to meet an opponent far stronger than you imagined.
यह कई बार पूछा गया है: meaning 'to catch an opponent more powerful than imagined'। दाँतों पर जमने वाले tartar से confuse मत कीजिए; idiom ताक़तवर विरोधी के बारे में है।
Asked several times with the meaning 'to catch or meet an opponent more powerful than imagined'. Do not confuse it with tartar on the teeth; the idiom is about a stronger rival.