B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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Contents of B:
[blue collar worker] {n. phr.}
A manual laborer who is probably a labor union member.
Because Jack's father is a blue collar worker, Jack was so anxious to become an intellectual.
Contrast: [WHITE COLLAR WORKER].
[blue in the face] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Very angry or upset; excited and very emotional.
Tom argued with Bill until he was blue in the face.
Mary scolded Jane until she was blue in the face, but Jane kept on using Mary's paints.
[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.
[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.
[board]
See:
[ACROSS THE BOARD],
[COLLEGE BOARDS],
[GO BY THE BOARD] or [PASS BY THE BOARD],
[ON BOARD],
[SANDWICH BOARD].
[boat]
See:
[BURN ONE'S BRIDGES] also [BURN ONE'S BOATS],
[IN THE SAME BOAT],
[MISS THE BOAT],
[ROCK THE BOAT].