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English Idioms: B
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English Idio m s: 335 e nt rie s be ginning wit h 'B'
A b ab e in arms is a ve ry yo ung child , o r a p e rso n who is ve ry yo ung to b e ho ld ing a p o sitio n.
A b ab e in the wo o d s is a naive , d e fe nce le ss, yo ung p e rso n.
(USA) A b ab y b o o me r is so me o ne b o rn in the ye ars afte r the e nd o f the Se co nd Wo rld War, a p e rio d whe n the p o p ulatio n was
g ro wing ve ry fast.
If an issue is o n the b ack b urne r, it is b e ing g ive n lo w p rio rity.
(UK) If yo u are o n yo ur b ack fo o t, yo u are at a d isad vantag e and fo rce d to b e d e fe nsive o f yo ur p o sitio n.
So me thing that's a b ack numb e r is d ate d o r o ut o f fashio n.
If yo u b ack the wro ng ho rse , yo u g ive yo ur sup p o rt to the lo sing sid e in so me thing .
If thing s hap p e n b ack to b ack, the y are d ire ctly o ne afte r ano the r.
If yo u are b ack to sq uare o ne , yo u have to start fro m the b e g inning ag ain.
If yo u have to g o b ack to the d rawing b o ard , yo u have to g o b ack to the b e g inning and start so me thing ag ain.
If so me o ne says the y have to g o b ack to the salt mine s, the y have to re turn, p o ssib ly unwilling ly, to wo rk.
If yo u have yo ur b ack to the wall, yo u are in a d ifficult situatio n with ve ry little ro o m fo r mano e uvre .
Back-o f-the -e nve lo p e calculatio n
A b ack o f the e nve lo p e calculatio n is a fig ure that was arrive d at q uickly o r b y using e stimatio n--as if so me o ne had g rab b e d the
first scrap o f p ap e r the y fo und and mad e a q uick g ue ss.
A b ackse at d rive r is an anno ying p e rso n who is fo nd o f g iving ad vice to the p e rso n p e rfo rming a task o r d o ing so me thing ,
e sp e cially whe n the ad vice is e ithe r wro ng o r unwe lco me .
A p e rso n who is b ad and make s o the r b ad is a b ad ap p le .
If p e o p le fe e l hate b e cause o f thing s that hap p e ne d in the p ast, the re is b ad b lo o d b e twe e n the m.
A p e rso n who canno t b e truste d is a b ad e g g . G o o d e g g is the o p p o site .
If yo u're having a b ad hair d ay, thing s are no t g o ing the way yo u wo uld like o r had p lanne d .
(UK) Whe n yo u are b ad mo uthing ,yo u are saying ne g ative thing s ab o ut so me o ne o r so me thing . ('Bad -mo uth' and 'b ad mo uth' are
also use d .)
If so me thing 's in b ad shap e , it's in b ad co nd itio n. If a p e rso n's in b ad shap e , the y are unfit o r unhe althy.
If so me thing le ave s yo u with a b ad taste in yo ur mo uth, yo u fe e l the re is so me thing wro ng o r b ad ab o ut it.
Bad wo rke rs always b lame the ir to o ls
" A b ad wo rke r always b lame s the ir to o ls" - If so me b o d y d o e s a jo b b ad ly o r lo se s in a g ame and claims that the y we re le t d o wn
b y the ir e q uip me nt, yo u can use this to imp ly that this was no t the case .
Bag and b ag g ag e me ans all yo ur p o sse ssio ns, e sp e cially if yo u are mo ving the m o r le aving a p lace .
If so me o ne is a b ag o f b o ne s, the y are ve ry und e rwe ig ht.
If so me o ne is a b ag o f ne rve s, the y are ve ry wo rrie d o r ne rvo us.
A Bake r's d o ze n is 13 rathe r than 12.
A p e rso n who is co mp le te ly b ald is as b ald as a co o t.
If the b all is in yo ur co urt, it is up to yo u to make the ne xt d e cisio n o r ste p .
Whe n the b allo o n g o e s up , a situatio n turns unp le asant o r se rio us.
A b allp ark fig ure is a ro ug h o r ap p ro ximate numb e r (g ue sstimate ) to g ive a g e ne ral id e a o f so me thing , like a ro ug h e stimate fo r a
co st, e tc.
