List of idioms start with B

Meaning : To and fro

Meaning : If you back or bet on the wrong horse, for example the loser in a contest, match or election, you support the wrong person.

Meaning : To withdraw

Meaning : People who criticize from the sidelines, much like someone giving unwanted advice from the back seat of a vehicle to the driver

Meaning : Support

Meaning : Having to start all over again

Meaning : When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over

Meaning : This expression refers to quick approximate calculation done informally, as on the back of an envelope.

Meaning : This term refers to people who do important work but have no contact with the public.

Meaning : A remark that appears to express admiration but could also be interpreted as an insult is called a backhanded compliment.

Meaning : A backseat driver is a passenger in a car who gives unwanted advice to the driver.

Meaning : Ill feelings

Meaning : Unrecoverable money

Meaning : Say unkind, unflattering, embarrassing things about someone

Meaning : If you badger someone into doing something, you persistently nag or pester them until you obtain what you want.

Meaning : Completely, Leaving behind nothing

Meaning : To say that someone is a bag of bones means that they are extremely thin.

Meaning : Soft dark skin under the eyes

Meaning : This term refers to a deceptive commercial practice of advertising a low-priced item to attract customers, then telling them that the product is out of stock and ersuading them to buy a morpe expensive article.

Meaning : Thirteen

Meaning : To say that something is the bane of your life means that it is the cause of your problems or your unhappiness.

Meaning : Value for the money spent

Meaning : If you bang your head against a brick wall, you continue vainly to try and achieve something in spite of several unsuccessful attempts.

Meaning : rely on

Meaning : Short work hours

Meaning : A bar fly refers to someone who spends a lot of time drinking in bars and pubs.

Meaning : If you bare your heart or soul to someone, you reveal your innermost thoughts and feelings to them.

Meaning : Someone who lies easily, with a total lack of shame, is called a barefaced liar.

Meaning : Expect

Meaning : Choose the wrong course of action

Meaning : A mistake made in something you are trying to achieve

Meaning : A conflict, argument or struggle where both sides are determined to win is described as a battle of wills.

Meaning : Be very easy

Meaning : Aim at getting

Meaning : Be eager to hear what someone has to say

Meaning : Be without money

Meaning : Complain

Meaning : Be on favourable terms with

Meaning : To be mad

Meaning : A person who is on cloud nine is very happy because something wonderful has happened.

Meaning : Be very busy (going from one thing or project to another)

Meaning : Be traveling

Meaning : Be confronted with

Meaning : Be determine to get

Meaning : be finished

Meaning : This expression means that what the speaker says may be true but it will not change the situation

Meaning : Be confronted with

Meaning : (for a technological process) be operational

Meaning : Be accustomed to

Meaning : An accountant