B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[burn-out] {n.}
A point of physical or emotional exhaustion.
There are so many refugees all over the world that charitable organizations as well as individuals are suffering from donor burn-out.
[burnt child dreads the fire] or [once bitten, twice shy]
A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. — A proverb.
* /Once Mary had got lost when her mother took her downtown. But a burnt child dreads the fire, […]
[burst at the seams] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be too full or too crowded.
John ate so much he was bursting at the seams.
Mary's album was so full of pictures it was bursting at the seams.
[burst into] {v. phr.}
1. To enter suddenly.
Stuart burst into the room, screaming angrily.
2. To break out.
The crowd burst out cheering when the astronauts paraded along Fifth Avenue.
[burst into flames] {v. phr.}
To begin to burn suddenly.
The children threw away some burning matches and the barn burst into flames.
[burst into tears] {v. phr.}
To suddenly start crying.
Mary burst into tears when she heard that her brother was killed in a car accident.
[burst with joy] or [pride] {v. phr.}
To be so full of the feeling of joy or pride that one cannot refrain from showing one's exuberant feelings.
Armstrong and Aldrin burst with pride when they stepped out on the moon in July, 1969.
[bury the hatchet] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To settle a quarrel or end a war; make peace.
The two men had been enemies a long time, but after the flood they buried the hatchet.
Compare: [MAKE UP] (5).