B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[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; […]
[bird]
See:
[EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM] or
[EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM],
[EAT LIKE A BIRD],
[FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS],
[FOR THE BIRDS],
[KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE].
[bird has flown] {slang}
The prisoner has escaped; the captive has got away.
When the sheriff returned to the jail, he discovered that the bird had flown.
[bird in the hand is worth two in the bush]
Something we have, or can easily get, is more valuable than something we want that we may not be able to get; we shouldn't risk losing something sure by trying to get something that is not sure. — A proverb.
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[bird of a different feather] {n. phr.}
A person who is free thinking and independent.
Syd won't go along with recent trends in grammar; he created his own. He is a bird of a different feather.
[bird watcher] {n.}
A person whose hobby is to study birds close-up in their outdoor home.
A bird watcher looks for the first robin to appear in the spring.
[birds and the bees (the)] {n. phr.}, {informal}
The facts we should know about our birth.
At various ages, in response to questions, a child can be told about the birds and the bees.
[birds of a feather flock together]
People who are alike often become friends or are together; if you are often with certain people, you may be their friends or like them. — A proverb.
* /Don't be friends with bad boys. People think that birds of a […]
[birthday suit] {n.}
The skin with no clothes on; complete nakedness.
The little boys were swimming in their birthday suits.