B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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Contents of B:
[be set on] or [upon] {v. phr.}
To be determined about something.
Tow is set upon leaving his Chicago job for Tokyo, Japan, although he speaks only English.
[beside oneself] {adj. phr.}
Very much excited; somewhat crazy.
She was beside herself with fear.
He was beside himself, he was so angry.
When his wife heard of his death, she was beside herself.
[beside the point] or [beside the question] {adj.} or {adv. phr.}
Off the subject; about something different.
What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn't do it.
* /The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the […]
[best]
See:
[AS BEST ONE CAN],
[AT BEST],
[FOR THE BEST],
[GET THE BETTER OF] or [GET THE BEST OF],
[HAD BETTER] or [HAD BEST],
[HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST],
[MAKE THE BEST OF],
[PUT ONE'S BEST FOOT FORWARD],
[SECOND BEST],
[TO THE BEST OF […]
[best bib and tucker] or
[Sunday best] or
[Sunday go-to-meeting clothes] {n. phr.}, {informal}
Best clothes or outfit of clothing.
The cowboy got all dressed up in his best bib and tucker to go to the dance.
* /Mary went to the party in her […]
[best man] {n.}
The groom's aid (usually his best friend or a relative) at a wedding.
When Agnes and I got married, my brother Gordon was my best man.
[best seller] {n.}
An item (primarily said of books) that outsells other items of a similar sort.
Catherine Neville's novel "The Eight" has been a national best seller for months.
Among imported European cars, the Volkswagen is a best seller.
[be the making of] {v. phr.}
To account for the success of someone or something.
The strict discipline that we had to undergo in graduate school was the making of many a successful professor.
* /The relatively low cost and high gas mileage are the […]