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Blue blood Someone with blue blood is royalty. Blue skies A overly enthusiastic outlook or disposition. The sales team had blue skies projections for their deals, although not many of those deals were signed. Blue-eyed boy Someone's blue-eyed boy is their favourite person. Bluestocking An intellectual woman is a bluestocking. Boardinghouse reach Boardinghouse reach is the ability to reach a long distance across a table to get food. We've used it in our family for as long as I can remember, when you reach across someone's plate, "Pardon my boardinghouse reach". Bob's your uncle (UK) This idiom means that something will be successful: Just tell him that I gave you his name and Bob's your uncle- he'll help you. Body politic A group of people organised under a single government or authority (national or regional) is a body politic. Boil to the surface If a problem or issue boils to the surface, it emerges at a particular time and needs to be discussed or resolved. Bold as brass Someone who is as bold as brass is very confident and not worried about how other people will respond or about being caught. Bolt from the blue If something happens unexpectedly and suddenly, it is a bolt from the blue. Bone of contention If there is an issue that always causes tension and arguments, it is a bone of contention. Bone to pick If you have a bone to pick with someone, you are annoyed about something they have done and want to tell them how you feel. Boot is on the other foot When the boot's on the other foot, a person who was in a position of weakness is now in a position of strength. Born on the wrong side of the blanket A child born on the wrong side of the blanket is illegitimate- his or her parents were not married at the time of the birth. Born to the purple Someone who is born to the purple is born in a royal or aristocratic family. ("Born in the purple" is also used.) Born with a silver spoon in your mouth If you are born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you are born into a rich family. Both ends meet If you make both ends meet, you live off the money you earn and don't go into debt. Bottom line In accountancy, the bottom line is net income, and is used idiomatically to mean the conclusion. Bottoms-up Equivalent to 'Cheers' when drinking with someone. Bounce ideas If you bounce ideas off someone, you share your ideas with them to know whether they think they would work. Bounce off the walls If someone's bouncing off the walls, they are very excited about something. Bouquet of orchids Id someone deserves a bouquet of orchids, they have done something worthy of praise. Box and dice Box and dice means everything. Box clever (UK) If you box clever, you use your intelligence to get what you want, even if you have to cheat a bit. Box of fluffy ducks (NZ) Used when something is working well or going your way. If you are happy, you are a box of fluffy ducks. Also can be shortened to 'a box of fluffies'. Boxing and coxing If people are boxing and coxing, they are sharing responsibilities so that one of them is working while the other isn't. It can also be used when couples are sharing a house, but their relationship has broken down and when one is at home, the other stays out. Boys in blue The boys in blue are the police. Brain surgery If something is not brain surgery, it isn't very complicated or difficult to understand or master. Brass monkey If it's brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremely cold. Brass neck (UK) Someone who has the brass neck to do something has no sense of shame about what they do. Brass tacks If you get down to brass tacks, you get down to the real business. Bread and butter Bread and butter issues are ones that affect people directly and in a very important way. Breadwinner Used to describe the person that earns the most money. For example - She's the breadwinner in the family. Break a leg This idiom is a way of wishing someone good luck. Break even If you break even, you don't make any money, but you don't lose any either. Break ground If you break ground, or break new ground, you make progress, taking things into a new area or going further than anyone has gone before. 'Ground-breaking' is used an adjective. Break the back of the beast If you break the back of the beast, you accomplish a challenge. Break the ice When you break the ice, you get over any initial embarrassment or shyness when you meet someone for the first time and start conversing. Break your duck (UK) If you break your duck, you do something for the first time. Break your heart If someone upsets you greatly, they break your heart, especially if they end a relationship. Breathe down your neck If someone follows you or examines what you're doing very closely, they are breathing down your neck. Breathe life into If you breathe life into something, you give people involved more energy and enthusiasm again. ('Breathe new life' is also used.) Breathe your last When you breathe your last, you die. Bridge the gap If you bridge the gap, you make a connection where there is a great difference. Bright and breezy When someone is cheerful and full of energy, they are bright and breezy. Bright as a button A person who is as bright as a button is very intelligent or smart. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed If someone's bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, they are full of energy and enthusiasm. Brighten up the day If something brightens up your day, something happens that makes you feel positive and happy all day long. Bring a knife to a gunfight If someone brings a knife to a gunfight, they are very badly prepared for something. Bring home the bacon A person who brings home the bacon earns the money that a family live on.
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