B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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Contents of B:
[boiling point] {n.}
1. The temperature at which a liquid boils.
The boiling point of water is 272 Fahrenheit.
2. The time when you become very angry.
He has a low boiling point.
* /After being teased for a long time, John reached the […]
[bolt from the blue] {n. phr.}
Something sudden and unexpected; an event that you did not see coming; a great and usually unpleasant surprise; shock.
We had been sure she was in Chicago, so her sudden appearance was a bolt from the blue.
* /His […]
[bone]
See:
[BRED IN THE BONE],
[FEEL IN ONE'S BONES] or [KNOW IN ONE'S BONES],
[FUNNY BONE],
[MAKE NO BONES],
[SKIN AND BONES],
[T-BONE STEAK],
[WORK ONE'S FINGERS TO THE BONE].
[bone of contention] {n. phr.}
Something to fight over; a reason for quarrels; the subject of a fight.
The boundary line between the farms was a bone of contention between the two farmers.
* /The use of the car was a bone of contention between Joe […]
[bone to pick] or [crow to pick] {n. phr.}, {informal}
A reason for dispute; something to complain of or argue about. — Often used jokingly.
"I have a bone to pick with you," he said.
* /There was always a crow to pick about which one would shave […]
[bone up] {v.}, {informal}
To fill with information; try to learn a lot about something in a short time; study quickly.
Carl was boning up for an examination.
* /Jim had to make a class report the next day on juvenile delinquency, and he was in the […]
[bonehead] {n.}, {slang}
An unusually dense or stupid person.
John is such a bonehead — small wonder he flunks all of his courses.