B2 List of English idioms that start with B
Banner Year👉 A
year marked by strong successes Bang for Your Buck
👉 Value for money
👉 Value for your money
Bang One’s Head Against the Wall (Against a Brick Wall)
👉Try repeatedly to do something without making progress
Baptism by Fire
👉 A difficult task given right after one has assumed new responsibilities
Bar Fly (or Barfly)
👉 Someone who spends much of his or her time in bars
Bare One’s Heart (Soul)👉To confess one’s deepest secrets
Bark Up the Wrong Tree
👉Pursue a mistaken approach or belief
👉be wrong in a course of action
Basket Case
👉 So upset or stunned that one is unable to function
👉 in a hopeless condition
Bat/Play for Both Teams👉 To be bisexual
Bat/Play for the Other Team👉 To be homosexual
Batten Down the Hatches👉Prepare for a storm
Be A Barrel of Laughs👉 To be fun, funny, and pleasant
Be A Cold Day In Hell👉 (Something that) will never happen
Be An Item👉 Two people are an item when they are having a romantic relationship
Be Footloose and Fancy-Free
👉To be free of responsibilities, including romantic commitments
Be Head Over Heels (In love)
👉 Be in love with somebody very much
Be in Seventh Heaven👉Extremely happy
Be in Two Minds (about something)
👉To not be certain about something, or to have difficulty in making a decision
Be Like Chalk and Cheese👉 Things or people who are very different and have nothing in common
Be Lovey – Dovey
👉 Expressing your love in public by constantly kissing and hugging
Be on the Mend👉 Be improving after an illness
Be Snowed Under👉 Be extremely busy with work or things to do
Bean Counters
👉 Accountants, finance professionals in an organization
Beat Around the Bush
👉To speak in a roundabout way in order to avoid confronting an unpleasant topic
Beat Someone To The Draw
👉To accomplish or obtain something more quickly than someone else
Beat Someone to the Punch
👉Do something before or faster than someone else
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