Idioms(B)

Backseat Driver

Interfering in affairs without having knowledge

Baker’s dozen

A group of 13 items, one more than a usual dozen

Barking up the wrong tree

Trying to do something in a way that will not work

Be behind the times

Be old fashioned

Be glad to see the back of

Be happy when a person leaves

Be hard up

Have very little money

Be in the red

To be in a loss or debt

Be like chalk and cheese

Be absolutely different

Be out for the count

In a deep, insensible sleep

Be wet behind the ears

Young and inexperienced

Bear the brunt of

Suffer the worst of something

Bear the palm

To win

Bed of roses

A pleasant situation

Bell the cat

Do the impossible task

Below the belt

Cruel and unfair

Bend over backwards

Make every effort to achieve something , especially to be fair or helpful

Beside oneself

Almost out of one’s senses

Beside the mark

Irrelevant

Between Scylla and Charybdis

Having only two very difficult/unpleasant choices

Beyond the pale

Unreasonable or unacceptable

Bid defiance

To disregard recklessly

Bite someone’s head off

Speak angrily without any reason

Bite the bullet

To force yourself to do something unpleasant

Bite your tongue

Stop yourself from saying something

Black and blue

Describe something that is badly bruised

Black sheep

One who is not accepted as part of a family or group because of one’s bad conduct

Blaze a trail

To lead the way as pioneer

Blow one’s own trumpet

Praise oneself

Blue-blooded

Of noble birth

Body and soul

With all your energy

Boil the ocean

Undertaking an impossible task

Bone to pick

Cause of quarrel

Break a leg

To wish good luck

Break new / fresh ground

Do or discover something new

Break the bank

To be very expensive

Bring about

Cause to happen

Bring home the bacon

To be successful

Bring someone to book

To punish someone for wrongdoing

Bring the house down

Made the audience applaud enthusiastically

Broken reed

Support that failed

Build castles in the air

Daydream

Burning question

An important question

Butterflies in the stomach

To be anxious and nervous

By and by

Gradually

By and large

In general

By fits and starts

Unsteady/ irregularly