B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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Contents of B:
[be in a stew] {v. phr.}
To be worried, harassed, upset.
Al has been in a stew ever since he got word that his sister was going to marry his worst enemy.
[be in labor] {v. phr.}
To be in parturition; experience the contractions of childbirth.
Vane had been in labor for eight hours before her twin daughters were finally born.
[be in someone else's shoes] {v. phr.}
To be in someone else's situation.
Fred has had so much trouble recently that we ought to be grateful we're not in his shoes.
[be into something] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To have taken something up partly as a nobby, partly as a serious interest of sorts (basically resulting from the new consciousness and self-realization movement that originated in the late Sixties).
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[be itching to] {v. phr.}
To have a very strong desire to do something.
Jack is itching to travel abroad.
[belabor the point] {v. phr.}
To overexplain something to the point of obviousness, resulting in ridicule.
"Lest I belabor the point," the teacher said, "I must repeat the importance of teaching good grammar in class."