Saturday 2 April 2011

Best idiomatic dictionary for free, A to z

Blow the whistle: To tell/report a plan to the authorities or those whom it was being kept a secret from.
Blow your mind: To get really excited; when something is fantastic it can blow your mind.
Blow your own trumpet: To boast about one’s own achievements and abilities.
Blow your stack: To become angry.
Blow your top: To lose your temper.
Blue blood: A person with blue blood is one who belongs to a royal family.
Blue-eyed boy: To be someone’s blue-eyed boy is to be someone’s favourite.
Bolt from the blue: A bolt from the blue is an unexpected and very sudden happening.
Bone of contention: The main issue that has led to tension and arguments.
Bone to pick: To have a bone to pick with someone is to talk to someone about something that they have done to upset you.

Boot is on the other foot: When someone who was in a weak position becomes powerful.
Born to the purple: To be born in a royal or aristocratic family.
Both ends meet: To earn and spend equal amounts of money.
Bottom line: The conclusion, the essential point.
Bounce ideas: To share ideas.
Bounce off the walls: To be very excited about something.
Box and dice: Everything.
Box clever: To box clever is to be clever enough to get what one wants, even with a bit of cheating.
Boys in blue: The police.
Break a leg: This idiom is a way of wishing someone good luck.
Break even: Not to make any money or lose any on a project.
Break ground: To take 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: To accomplish a challenge.
Break the ice: To get over initial shyness on meeting someone new, for example.

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