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[barge in]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To appear uninvited at someone's house or apartment, or to interrupt a conversation.

I'm sorry for barging in like that, Sir, but my car died on me and there is no pay phone anywhere.

* /I'm sorry for barging in  […]

[bark up the wrong tree]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To choose the wrong person to deal with or the wrong course of action; mistake an aim.

If he thinks he can fool me, he is barking up the wrong tree.

* /He is barking up the wrong tree when he blames  […]

[bark worse than one's bite]  {informal}

Sound or speech more frightening or worse than your actions.

The small dog barks savagely, but his bark is worse than his bite.

* /The boss sometimes talks roughly to the men, but they know that his bark is  […]

[barn]

See: [LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN].

[barrel]

See:

[OVER A BARREL] also [OVER THE BARREL],

[SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL].

[barrelhead]

See: [CASH ON THE BARREL-HEAD].

[base]

See:

[FIRST BASE],

[GET TO FIRST BASE] or [REACH FIRST BASE],

[LOAD THE BASES] or [FILL THE BASES],

[OFF BASE],

[SECOND BASE],

[STOLEN BASE],

[THIRD BASE].

[base on balls]  {n.}

First base given to a baseball batter who is pitched four balls outside of the strike zone.

[basket]

See: [PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS IN ONE BASKET].

[basket case]  {n.},  {slang},  {also informal}

1. A person who has had both arms and both legs cut off as a result of war or other misfortune.

2. A helpless person who is unable to take care of himself, as if carted around in a basket by others.

* /Stop  […]