Idioms starting with “B”
838 idioms
- babe in arms
- babe in the woods
- babe magnet
- babies in the eyes
- baby and bathwater
- baby elephant in the room
- baby step
- baby up
- back and forth
- back down
- back forty
- back gammon player
- back in the game
- back into
- back of one's hand
- back off
- back office
- back sb/sth up
- back that train up
- back to square one
- back to the drawing board
- back to the wall
- back up
- back up the truck
- backhanded compliment
- backwards and forwards
- bad actor
- bad apple
- bad books
- bad business
- bad company
- bad egg
- bad for sb/sth
- bad hair day
- bad iron
- bad joke
- bad looker
- bad news
- bad news bears
- bad old days
- bad penny
- bad taste in one's mouth
- bad thing
- bad trip
- bad trot
- bad word
- badge bunny
- badge of honor
- bag of bones
- bag of fruit
- bag of tricks
- bail out
- bake up
- baked Bean
- baker's Dozen
- baker's dozen
- baker's half dozen
- baking hot
- balance out
- balance the books
- bale up
- ball and Chalk
- ball hog
- ball of fire
- ball of malt
- ballistic podiatry
- balloon goes up
- balloon knot
- ballpark estimate
- ballpark figure
- balls of steel
- balls to the wall
- a balm in Gilead
- bamboo ceiling
- banana nose
- banana republic
- Banbury story of a cock and a bull
- band-aid solution
- band together
- bandwagon fan
- bandwagon jumper
- bane of someone's existence
- bang a uey
- bang away
- bang down the door
- bang for the buck
- bang one's head against a brick wall
- bang out
- bang some heads together
- bang straw
- bang to rights
- bang up
- bank night
- banker's dozen
- bankrupt cart
- banner year
- banyan day
- bar none
- bar sinister
- bar star
- barber's sign
- bare one's soul
- bare one's teeth
- bare poles
- bark up the wrong tree
- barn find
- Barnaby Rudge
- barnet
- barrel of laughs
- barrel of monkeys
- base over apex
- based on sth
- basement battler
- bash into shape
- bash someone's face in
- bash someone's head
- bash the bishop
- basin of gravy
- bask in the sunshine
- basket house
- bastardly gullion
- bat a thousand
- bat an eyelid
- bat five hundred
- bat for the other team
- bat one's eyes
- bat the breeze
- bate an ace
- bathroom singer
- batten down the hatches
- bawl one's eyes out
- bawl out
- be a hundred years too early
- be a man
- be a thing
- be about to do sth
- be aces with
- be-all and end-all
- be allowed to do sth
- be at the plague
- be attributed to sb
- be charged with doing sth
- be charged with sth
- be cruel to be kind
- be derived from sth
- be entitled to sth
- be expected to do sth
- be found to do sth
- be going on
- be going to do sth
- be in luck
- be in touch
- be known as sb/sth
- be known to do sth
- be left at the post
- be left holding the baby
- be like
- be made of sth
- be made up of sth
- be meant to do sth
- be mother
- be my guest
- be no match for
- be nothing to do with sb/sth
- be on the phone
- be one's own man
- be one's own worst enemy
- be oneself
- be reported to be sth
- be reported to have sth
- be said to be sth
- be said to have sth
- be someone's to lose
- be still my heart
- be supposed to be sth
- be supposed to do sth
- be surrounded by sb/sth
- be taken ill
- be the bigger man
- be the case that
- be there
- be to blame
- be to blame for sth
- be to do with sb/sth
- bean counter
- bear a hand
- bear away the bell
- bear fruit
- bear in mind
- bear in mind that
- Bear Market
- bear oneself
- bear sb/sth in mind
- bear the brunt
- bear up
- bear with
- beard the lion in his den
- beast with two backs
- beat a dead horse
- beat a retreat
- beat around the bush
- beat as one
- beat Banaghan
- beat feet
- beat it
- beat off
- beat off with a stick
- beat one's brain
- beat one's swords into ploughshares
- beat someone round the ears
- beat someone's arse
- beat someone's ass
- beat someone's brains out
- beat the bishop
- beat the bushes
- beat the clock
- beat the cock
- beat the crowd
- beat the daylights out of
- beat the drum for
- beat the dust
- beat the odds
- beat the pants off
- beat the poop out of
- beat the shit out of
- beat the stuffing out of
- beat to the punch
- beat with the ugly stick
- beats me
- beautiful people
- beauty queen
- beauty sleep
- beaver away
- because of
- become of
- become one flesh
- bed blocker
- bed in
- bed of roses
- bee in one's bonnet
- beef to the hoof
- beef up
- been there, done that
- been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
- been there, done that, got the T-shirt
- been to the rodeo
- beer and skittles
- beer goggles
- beer muscles
- bees and honey
- beg for one's life
- beg off
- beg to differ
- beggars can't be choosers
- begin with sth
- behind the scenes
- belemnite battlefield
- believe in sb/sth
- believe it or not
- believe one's ears
- believe one's eyes
- believe you me
- believing is seeing
- bell out
- bell the cat
- bells and whistles
- bellwether state
- belly up
- belly up to the bar
- belong to sb
- belong to sth
- below the mahogany
- bench jockey
- bend one's elbow
- bend over backwards
- bend someone's ear
- bend someone's will
- bend the brain
- bend the knee
- bend the truth
- bend to one's will
- bend to someone's will
- benefit from sth
- benevolent overlord
- Benjamin Button
- bent on
- bent on a splice
- berk
- beside the point
- best bet
- best friend
- best-kept secret
- best laid plans
- best of both worlds
- best of the bunch
- best pleased
- best regards
- best thing since sliced bread
- best thing since sliced pan
- bet one's boots