B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[bum steer] {n.}
Wrong or misleading directions given naively or on purpose.
Man, you sure gave me a bum steer when you told me to go north on the highway; you should have sent me south!
[bum to a crisp] {v. phr.}
To burn black; burn past saving or using especially as food.
While getting breakfast, Mother was called to the telephone, and when she got back, the bacon had been burned to a crisp.
[bump into] {v.}, {informal}
To meet without expecting to; happen to meet; come upon by accident.
Mary was walking down the street, when she suddenly bumped into Joan.
Ed was surprised to bump into John at the football game.
Syn.: [RUN INTO].
[bump off] {v.}, {slang}
To kill in a violent way; murder in gangster fashion.
Hoodlums in a speeding car bumped him off with Tommy guns.
[bum's rush] {n. phr.}, {slang}
Throwing or pushing someone out from where he is not wanted.
When John tried to go to the party where he was not invited, Bill and Fred gave him the bum's rush.
Tom became too noisy, and he got the bum's rush.
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[bundle of laughs] {n. phr.}
A very amusing person, thing, or event.
Uncle Lester tells so many jokes that he is a bundle of laughs.
[burn a hole in one's pocket] {v. phr.}
To make you want to buy something; be likely to be quickly spent.
Money burns a hole in Linda's pocket.
* /The silver dollar that Don got for his birthday was burning a hole in his pocket, and Don hurried to […]