Idiom Meaning Example
| a babe in arms |
a baby, a child who is wet behind the ears |
Dar was just a babe in arms when we emigrated to Canada. |
| a babe in the woods |
a defenseless person; a naive, young person |
He's just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him. |
| a bad taste in my mouth |
a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will |
I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room. |
| a bad time |
a lot of teasing, a rough time |
The class gave him a bad time about his pink shorts. |
| a ball-park figure |
a number that is near the total; approximate figure |
Fifty is a ball-park figure. It's close to our class size. |
| a bar fly |
a person who often goes to bars or lounges |
Every evening Penny goes to Lucifer's. She's quite a bar fly. |
| a bar star |
a girl who goes to bars to drink and find friends |
Lola was known as a bar star at Pinky's Lounge. |
| a bare-faced lie |
a deliberate lie, a planned lie |
His statement to the police was false - a bare-faced lie. |
| a barnburner |
an exciting game, a cliff-hanger |
When the Flames play the Oilers it's a barnburner - a great game. |
| a barrel of laughs |
a lot of fun, a person who makes you laugh |
Let's invite Chang to our party. He's a barrel of laughs. |
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