Monday, 28 August 2017

IMPORTANT IDIOMS & PHRASES START WITH 'B'

  1. By fits and start Irregularly
  2. By leaps and bounds Very Quickly or Rapidly
  3. Bad blood Angry feeling or Active enmity
  4. Burn one’s boat Leave no means of return
  5. Blow over Pass off
  6. Blue-eyed boys Favorites
  7. Bone to pick Cause of quarrel/ Bone of contention
  8. Blood running cold Become very frightened
  9. Blow one’s own trumpet To praise oneself
  10. Bear with Support / To be patient with some body or something
  11. Bone of contention Matter of dispute
  12. Bird’s eye view An overview
  13. Build castle in the air - Daydreaming
  14. By fair or foul means In honest or dishonest way
  15. Birds of same feather Persons of same character
  16. Bury the hatchet To make peace / To stop being unfriendly and become friends
  17. Break down To lose control of your feelings and start crying / Could not proceed
  18. Break up Disband itself / The breaking up of relationship or association / The division of larger group in smaller fragments
  19. Bull in a China shop A clumsy person 
  20. Break the ice Initiate a talk
  21. Born with a silver spoon Born in a rich family
  22. Bad hats People of bad character
  23. Bring the house down Make the audience applaud enthusiastically
  24. By the skin of teeth By the narrowest margin
  25. Batten down the hatches Prepare for a difficult situation
  26. Bear down To move quickly towards something/someone in a determined or threatening way
  27. Barking up the wrong tree Trying to find someone ay wrong place
  28. Black out Lost consciousness
  29. Back to the drawing board Plan it all over again
  30. Balloon goes up The situation turns unpleasant or serious
  31. Beyond the pale Outside commonly accepted standards or Unreasonable or unacceptable
  32. Break in - To train somebody or something in something
  33. Backseat driver A person who gives unwanted advice
  34. Break off Suddenly stop
  35. Beat about the bush Circumlocution / Does not talk specifically / To say everything except the main topic
  36. Be taken aback Shocked or surprised
  37. Beside the mark Irrelevant / Not to be accurate
  38. Beggar description Cannot be described
  39. Butt in Interrupt
  40. Bear in mind - Remember
  41. Brought up Introduce for discussion
  42. Bring about - Cause
  43. Big draw Huge attraction
  44. Be down with Suffering from
  45. Button one’s lips Stop talking

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