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Idioms beginning with "B"

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blue Monday

[blue Monday] {n.}

A Monday when you have to work after a happy weekend.

It was blue Monday and John nodded sleepily over his books.

Housewives sometimes wish they could sleep through blue Monday.

blue-pencil

[blue-pencil] {v.}

To edit.

The editor blue-penciled John's manuscript.

bluff

[bluff]

See: [CALL ONE'S BLUFF].

blurt out

[blurt out] {v. phr.}

To suddenly say something even if one was not planning to do so, or if it was not expected of them.

"My brother Bob is in jail," Tony blurted out, before anybody could stop him.

blush

[blush]

See: [AT FIRST BLUSH].

board

[board]

See:

[ACROSS THE BOARD],

[COLLEGE BOARDS],

[GO BY THE BOARD] or [PASS BY THE BOARD],

[ON BOARD],

[SANDWICH BOARD].

boat

[boat]

See:

[BURN ONE'S BRIDGES] also [BURN ONE'S BOATS],

[IN THE SAME BOAT],

[MISS THE BOAT],

[ROCK THE BOAT].

bobby-soxer

[bobby-soxer] {n.}

A teen-aged girl. (1940s idiom)

My two daughters, age 13 and 14, are typical bobby-soxers.

bob up

[bob up]

See: [POP UP] (1).

body

[body]

See: [KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER].

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