B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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Contents of B:
[blank check] {n.}
1. A bank check written to a person who can then write in how much money he wants.
John's father sent him a blank check to pay his school bills.
2. {informal}
Permission to another person to do anything he decides to do.
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[blast off] {v.}
1. To begin a rocket flight.
The astronaut will blast off into orbit at six o'clock.
2. Also [blast away] {informal}
To scold or protest violently.
The coach blasted off at the team for poor playing.
[blaze a trail] {v. phr.}
1. To cut marks in trees in order to guide other people along a path or trail, especially through a wilderness.
Daniel Boone blazed a trail for other hunters to follow in Kentucky.
2. To lead the way; make a discovery; […]
[bless one's heart] {v. phr.}
To thank someone; consider one the cause of something good that has happened.
Aunt Jane, bless her heart, left me half a million dollars!
[blind alley] {n.}
1. A narrow street that has only one entrance and no exit.
The blind alley ended in a brick wall.
2. A way of acting that leads to no good results.
John did not take the job because it was a blind alley.
* /Tom thought of […]
[blind as a bat/beetle/mole/owl] {adj. phr.}
Anyone who is blind or has difficulty in seeing; a person with very thick glasses.
Without my glasses I am blind as a bat.