Important Idioms and Phrases starting with “B

Important Idioms and Phrases starting with “B”

Idioms and Phrases	Meaning	Sentence
Back to square one	to go back to the beginning	I picked up all the leaves and branches from my lawn yesterday but there was a storm last night and now I’m back to square one.
Back on one’s feet	to be healthy again after sickness.	I couldn’t do anything for two weeks while I had the flu but now I’m back on my feet.
By hook or by Crook	At any cost /by fair or unfair mean.	I decided that I was going to get that job by hook or by crook.
Blow one's trump	self-praise	Anyone will tell you she's one of the best journalists we've got, although she'd never blow her own horn.
Beat the air	do useless effort	The candidates for office were so much alike that we thought our vote amounted to beating the air.
Bed of thorns	Full of difficulties	Life of an ill person always remains a bed of thorns.
Beat about the bush	To discuss a topic without being specific about anything	Don't beat around the bush. Just tell me where my brother is.
Bag and baggage	(with) all one’s belongings.	Tired of their tantrums, the landlady asked her tenants to vacate the house, bag and baggage, in a week’s times.
Blue eyed boy	a man who is liked and admired by somebody in authority.	She gets the charge of all the assignment except the finance, which is kept for the blue-eyed boy.
Bread and Butter	someone’s livelihood.	Teaching classic music to young boys and girls is her bread and butter.
Bear the brunt of	take the main force, often of a criticism or unpleasant event.	When the teachers and other government employees went on a strike, they did not realize they’d have to bear the brunt of public anger when they go back to work.
Burn the candle at both the ends	exhaust someone’s energies or resources by leading a hectic life.	She has been burning the candle at both ends by doing a full-time job and preparing for her International English Language Test exams.
Bury the hatchet	make peace; end a quarrel, settle one’s differences to become friends again.	The two neighbouring countries India and Pakistan have often been advised by the world bodies to bury the hatchet for their own progress.
Bury head in the sand	refuse to think about an unpleasant situation, hoping that it will improve so that you will not have to deal with it	Parents and Principal said ragging was being ignored and accused the hostel’s warden of burying her head in the sand, in Perth city of Australia.
Blue blood	descent from nobility, aristocrat	She often tells her friends that she has blue blood flowing through her veins.
By dint of	as result of something	Mark got what he wanted by dint of requesting and threatening
Break a leg	good luck, best wishes	“Break a leg!” I shouted out to him before he rushed in for his auditions.
Born with a silver spoon in mouth	To be born to parents who are rich and have a good social rank.	He does not need this job as much as I do, he is born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Beyond the pale	An unacceptable way to express something.	They broke up because her behaviour was simply beyond the pale.
Beat a dead horse	some action or ongoing argument that is useless	He already told you no; don’t beat a dead horse