Idioms beginning with B
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Meaning: To suddenly lose your temper and become very angry.
Example: Try not to blow your top when the delay is only a few minutes. Read more ➺
Meaning: An exclamation expressing disapproval, annoyance, or contempt, used to dismiss something seen as foolish, false, or irritating.
Example: He waved off the proposal with a sharp bah humbug, refusing to take it seriously. Read more ➺
Meaning: To reveal your true position, intentions, or opinions after hiding them.
Example: The adviser decided to break cover and admit he had been guiding the project from the start. Read more ➺
Meaning: By a wide margin; by far; to a great extent.
Example: The new striker is better by a long chalk than anyone else on the field. Read more ➺
Meaning: To withdraw from a position, claim, or argument; to yield or surrender.
Example: Sarah backed down when she saw her facts were wrong. Read more ➺
Meaning: Facing two dangerous options where avoiding one brings you closer to the other.
Example: The company was between Scylla and Charybdis: raise prices and lose customers, or keep them the same and face bankruptcy. Read more ➺
Meaning: Staying in bed all day, avoiding daily chores or activities.
Example: After a busy week, she spent the day bed rotting, scrolling through her phone. Read more ➺
Meaning: Circular Reasoning: Assuming the truth of the conclusion in an argument without proving it; a logical fallacy.
Example: Claiming "he's trustworthy because he never lies" begs the question by presuming what it tries to prove. Read more ➺
Meaning: Extra attractive features that are not essential to function.
Example: The new smartphone comes with bells and whistles like facial recognition and wireless charging. Read more ➺
Meaning: A day when everything seems to go wrong.
Example: I woke up with a serious case of bed head; it's a bad hair day, and nothing is going right with my hair. Read more ➺
