B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[big shot] or [big wig] {n.}
An important or influential person.
Elmer is a big shot in the State Assembly.
[big stink] {n.}, {slang}
A major scandal; a big upheaval.
I'll raise a big stink if they fire me.
[big time] {n.}, {informal}
1. A very enjoyable time at a party or other pleasurable gathering.
I certainly had a big time at the club last night.
2. The top group; the leading class; the best or most important company.
* /After his graduation […]
[big-time] {adj.}
Belonging to the top group; of the leading class; important.
Jean won a talent contest in her home town, and only a year later she began dancing on big-time television.
* /Bob practices boxing in the gym every day; he wants to […]
[big top] {n.}
The main tent under which a circus gives its show; the circus and circus life.
Lillian Leitzel was one of the great stars of the big top.
The book tells of life under the big top.
[big wheel] {n.}, {informal}
An influential or important person who has the power to do things and has connections in high places.
Uncle Ferdinand is a big wheel in Washington; maybe he can help you with your problem.
[big yawn] {n.}
A very boring person, story or event.
I love my grandma very much, but the stories she tells sure are a yawn.
[bingo card] {n.}, {slang}
A response card, bound into a periodical, containing numbers keyed to editorial or advertising matter, giving the reader the opportunity to send for further information by marking the numbers of the items he is interested in; […]