B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[blind date] {n.}
An engagement or date arranged by friends for people who have not previously known one another.
A blind date can be a huge success, or a big disappointment.
[blind leading the blind]
One or more people who do not know or understand something trying to explain it to others who do not know or understand.
Jimmy is trying to show Bill how to skate. The blind are leading the blind.
[blind spot] {n.}
1. A place on the road that a driver cannot see in the rearview mirror.
I couldn't see that truck behind me, Officer, because it was in my blind spot.
2. A matter or topic a person refuses to discuss or accept.
* /My uncle Ted […]
[blip out] or [bleep out] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To delete electronically a word on television or on radio either because it mentions the name of an established firm in a commercial or because it is a censored word not allowed for television audiences, […]
[blockhead] {n.}, {informal}
An unusually dense, or stupid person whose head is therefore exaggeratedly compared to a solid block of wood.
Joe is such a blockhead that he flunked every course as a freshman.
[blood]
See:
[DRAW BLOOD],
[FLESH AND BLOOD],
[IN COLD BLOOD],
[IN ONE'S BLOOD] or [INTO ONE'S BLOOD],
[MAKE ONE'S BLOOD BOIL] or [MAKE THE BLOOD BOIL],
[NEW BLOOD],
[OUT OF ONE'S BLOOD],
[RUN IN THE BLOOD] or [RUN IN THE FAMILY],
[SPORTING […]
[blood and thunder] {n. phr.}
The violence and bloodshed of stories that present fast action rather than understanding of character.
Crime movies and westerns usually have lots of blood and thunder.
- Often used like an adjective.
* /John likes […]