List of idioms start with B

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Idioms by alphabet

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  • Blue in the face

    Meaning : To make a huge but vain effort to win a person's agreement.

  • Blue Moon

    Meaning : A rare event or occurrence

  • Body and soul

    Meaning : By heart

  • Boil down to something

    Meaning : Be summarised

  • Boil something down

    Meaning : Reduce in length

  • Bone of contention

    Meaning : A subject of dispute

  • boom box

    Meaning : Portable cassette/CD player

  • Bottom line

    Meaning : The total, the final figure on a balance sheet

  • Bought the farm

    Meaning : To die. He died

  • Bowl someone over

    Meaning : Overwhelm

  • Bread and butter

    Meaning : Livelihood

  • Break A Leg

    Meaning : A superstitious way to say 'good luck' without saying 'good luck', but rather the opposite

  • Break even

    Meaning : Have income equal to expenses

  • Break in

    Meaning : Interupt to speak

  • Break off

    Meaning : Stop speaking

  • Break out

    Meaning : Escape

  • Break someone in

    Meaning : Hekp to adjust to a new situation

  • Break something down

    Meaning : Beat

  • Break something off

    Meaning : Discontinue

  • Break something up

    Meaning : Stop speaking

  • Break the ice

    Meaning : To found solution

  • Break through

    Meaning : Make a major discovery

  • Break up

    Meaning : Come to an end

  • Bring someone down

    Meaning : Cause ot be defeated

  • Bring something down

    Meaning : Lower

  • Broke

    Meaning : Without money

  • Brought down the house

    Meaning : Called forth general and loud applause

  • Brought to light

    Meaning : Disclosed

  • Brush something aside

    Meaning : Reject as being unimportant

  • Brush up something

    Meaning : Improve by revision

  • Buck

    Meaning : Dollar

  • Bug

    Meaning : Annoy

  • Build castle in the air

    Meaning : Day dreaming

  • Build something up

    Meaning : Develop

  • Build up

    Meaning : Develop

  • Bulid someone up

    Meaning : Develop the physical strength of

  • Bull in a china shop

    Meaning : Rusthless destroyer

  • Bull-headed

    Meaning : Stubborn

  • Burn his fingers

    Meaning : Got himself into trouble

  • Burning the candles at both ends

    Meaning : Overtaxing his energies

  • Burst in

    Meaning : Enter suddenly

  • Burst out

    Meaning : Exclaim suddenly

  • Bury the hatchet

    Meaning : Cease fighting, make peace

  • Bushed

    Meaning : Very tired

  • Butter up

    Meaning : Flatter someone to try to get their favor or friendship

  • Buy A Lemon

    Meaning : To purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems or stops running after you drive it away.

  • Buy off

    Meaning : Give money to someone to stop them from doing their duty

  • Buy something up

    Meaning : Buy as much is available

  • By all means

    Meaning : Certainly

  • By and by

    Meaning : Before long

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