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Bring on board To make people embrace the ideas intended by the leader or agree to join a team or project is to bring them on board. Bring someone to book If somebody is brought to book, they are punished or made to account for something they have done wrong. Bring someone to heel If you bring someone to heel, you make them obey you.('Call someone to heel' is also used.) Bring the curtain down If you bring the curtain down on something, you bring it to a end. Bring the house down Something that brings the house down is acclaimed and praised vigorously. Bring to the table If you bring something to the table, you make a contribution or an offer in a discussion or negotiation.. Broad church If an organisation is described as broad church, it is tolerant and accepting of different opinions and ideas. Broad strokes If something is described or defined with broad stokes, then only an outline is given, without fine details. Broke as a joke and it ain't funny This idiom in my opinion describes how it's not funny to be without a cent and just uses broke and joke as rhyming words that help explain this idiom a lot better. Broken record When someone sounds like a broken record, they keep on repeating the same things. ('Stuck record' is also used.) Broken reed If something or someone fails to give you the support you were hoping for, they are a broken reed. Brown as a berry Someone who is very sun tanned is brown as a berry. Brown nose When someone tries to make themselves popular with somebody, usually in a position of authority, especially by flattering them, they are brown nosing. Browned off To be tired of or fed up with Brownie points If you try to earn Brownie points with someone, you do things you know will please them. Brush under the carpet If you brush something under the carpet, you are making an attempt to ignore it, or hide it from others. Buggles' turn (UK) If it Buggles' turn, someone gets promotion through length of service rather than ability, especially in the British civil service. Bull in a China shop If someone behaves like a bull in a China shop, they are clumsy when they should be careful. Bull market A bull market is a period when investors are optimistic and there are expectations that good financial results will continue. Bull session If you have a bull session, you have an informal group discussion about something. Bull-headed If you're a bull-headed, you're stubborn or inflexible. Bums on seats The people who have paid to watch a performance are bums on seats. Bun in the oven If a woman has a bun in the oven, she is pregnant. Bundle of nerves Someone who is a bundle of nerves is very worried or nervous. Bur under my saddle A bur under your saddle is something that annoys you or spurs you into action.('Burr' is an alternative spelling.) Burn rubber If you burn rubber, you drive very fast to get somewhere. Burn the candle at both ends Someone who burns the candle at both ends lives life at a hectic pace, doing things which are likely to affect their health badly. Burn the midnight oil If you stay up very late working or studying, you burn the midnight oil. Burn your bridges If you burn your bridges, you do something that makes it impossible to go back from the position you have taken. Burn your fingers If you burn your fingers, you suffer a loss or something unpleasant as the result of something you did, making you less likely to do it again. Burning daylight Burning daylight is wasting time. Burning question A burning question is something we all want to know about. Burst at the seams To be filled to or beyond normal capacity: This room will be bursting at the seams when all the guests arrive. Burst your bubble If you correct someone's ignorant or delusional belief, you burst their bubble. (Bust someone's bubble is also used.) Bury the hatchet If you bury the hatchet, you make peace with someone and stop arguing or fighting. Bury your head in the sand If someone buries their head in the sand, they ignore something that is obviously wrong. Busman's holiday A busman's holiday is when you spend your free time doing the same sort of work as you do in your job. Bust my chops When someone says that they're not going to bust their chops, it means they are not going to work that hard or make much effort. Busted flush Someone or something that had great potential but ended up a useless failure is a busted flush. Busy as a beaver If you're as busy as a beaver, you're very busy indeed. Busy as a bee If you are as busy as a bee, you are very busy indeed. Butt naked If someone is butt naked, they have no clothes on at all, often when they can be seen. Butt of a joke If something or someone becomes the butt of a joke it or they are not taken seriously anymore. Butter wouldn't melt in their mouth If someone looks as if butter wouldn't melt in their mouth, they look very innocent. Butterfingers Someone who has butterfingers is clumsy and drops things. Butterflies in your stomach The nervous feeling before something important or stressful is known as butterflies in your stomach. Button your lip If you button your lip, you keep quiet and don't speak. It is also used as a way of telling someone to shut up. Buy the farm When somebody has bought the farm, they have died. By a hair's breadth If a person escapes from some danger by a hair's breadth, they only just managed to avoid it. The breadth is the thickness of a hair, so they probably feel somewhat lucky because the margin between success and what could easily have been failure was so close. By a long chalk (UK) If you beat somebody by a long chalk, you win easily and comfortably.
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