B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[born out of wedlock] {adj. phr.}
Born to parents who are not married to each other; without legal parents.
Sometimes when a married couple can't have children, they adopt a child who was born out of wedlock.
* /Today we no longer make fun of […]
[born with a silver spoon in one's mouth] {adj. phr.}
Born to wealth and comfort; provided from birth with everything wanted; born rich.
The stranger's conduct was that of a man who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Compare: […]
[born yesterday] {adj. phr.}
Inexperienced and easily fooled; not alert to trickery; easily deceived or cheated. — Usually used in negative sentences.
* /When Bill started the new job, the other workers teased him a little, but he soon proved to […]
[borrow trouble] {v. phr.}
To worry for nothing about trouble that may not come; make trouble for yourself needlessly.
Don't borrow trouble by worrying about next year. It's too far away.
* /You are borrowing trouble if you try to tell John what […]
[bosom friend] {n. phr.}
A very close friend; an old buddy with whom one has a confidential relationship.
Sue and Jane have been bosom friends since their college days.
[boss one around] {v. phr.}
To keep giving someone orders; to act overbearingly toward someone.
"If you keep bossing me around, darling," Tom said to Jane, "the days of our relationship are surely numbered."
[botch up] {v. phr.}
To ruin, spoil, or mess something up.
"I botched up my chemistry exam," Tim said, with a resigned sigh.