B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[both --- and] {coord. conj.}
Used to emphasize that two or more things are talked about.
Both Frank and Mary were at the party.
Millie is both a good swimmer and a good cook.
In the program tonight Mary will both sing and dance.
* /The […]
[bottle blond] {n.}, {slang}
A person who is obviously not a natural blond but whose hair is artificially colored.
I doubt that Leonora's hair color is natural; she strikes me as a bottle blond.
[bottle up] {v.}
1. To hide or hold back; control.
There was no understanding person to talk to, so Fred bottled up his unhappy feeling.
2. To hold in a place from which there is no escape; trap.
* /Our warships bottled up the enemy fleet in the […]
[bottleneck] {n.}
A heavy traffic congestion.
In Chicago the worst bottleneck is found where the Kennedy and the Eden's expressways separate on the way to the airport.
[bottom]
See:
[BET ONE'S BOOTS] or [BET ONE'S BOTTOM DOLLAR],
[FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE'S HEART],
[FROM --- TO ---],
[GET TO THE BOTTOM OF],
[HIT BOTTOM] or [TOUCH BOTTOM],
[ROCK BOTTOM],
[SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL].
[bottom dollar] {n.}, {v. phr.}, {informal}
One's last penny, one's last dollar.
He was down to his bottom dollar when he suddenly got the job offer.
[bottom drop out] or [bottom fall out] {v. phr.}
{informal}
1. To fall below an earlier lowest price.
The bottom dropped out of the price of peaches.
2. To lose all cheerful qualities; become very unhappy, cheerless, or unpleasant.
* /The […]
[bottom line] {n.}, {informal} (stress on "line")
1. The last word on a controversial issue; a final decision.
"Give me the bottom line on the proposed merger," said John.
2. The naked truth without embellishments.
* /Look, the bottom line is […]
[bottom line] {v.}, {informal} (stress on "bottom") To finish; to bring to a conclusion.
Okay, you guys, let's bottom line this project and break for coffee.