Keep someone at arm's length
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 15To avoid becoming too close or friendly with someone
किसी से दूरी बनाए रखना
He kept the whole office at arm's length for six years.
To keep at arm's length is caution and not dislike.
Daily use: Iska matlab paas na aane dena.
अपना हाथ सीधा फैलाइए: जिसे उतनी दूरी पर रखा, वह कभी बहुत पास नहीं आ सकता। Keep someone at arm's length यानी किसी से close या friendly होने से बचना।
Stretch your arm out straight: anyone kept at that distance can never come too close. To keep someone at arm's length is to avoid becoming too close or friendly with them.
कई बार पूछा गया है। सही options: keep a distance, avoid intimacy, aloof रहना। Take into confidence उल्टा है।
Asked many times. Correct options: keep a distance, avoid intimacy, remain aloof. Take into confidence is the opposite.