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Breathe down your neck: To follow or examine you very closely.

Bridge the gap: To connect and link things that were disconnected.

Bright and breezy: Cheerful.

Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed: Full of energy and enthusiasm.

Bring a knife to a gunfight: To be very ill-prepared for something.

Bring on board: To get people to join a project or accept an idea.

Bring someone to book: To make someone accountable for the wrong they have done.

Bring someone to heel: To make someone obey you.

Bring the house down: To receive a lot of appreciation.

Bring to the table: To contribute something that is of benefit.

Broad strokes: To describe just the outline of something without giving the finer details.

Broken record: To sound like a broken record, is to keep repeating the same thing, “Stuck record” is also used in its place.

Broken reed: An unreliable person.

Brown noser: Someone who does anything to gain the approval of someone, who is usually in a position of authority.

Browned off: To be fed up of something or someone.

Brownie points: A mark of achievement for doing something credible.

Brush under the carpet: To hide things from others or ignore things.

Bull in a China shop: To be very clumsy when they should be very careful in what they are doing.

Bull market: A bull market is a period when investors are optimistic and there are expectations that good financial results will continue.

Bull session: A bull session is an informal group discussion about something.

Bull-headed: Stubborn and inflexible.

Bundle of nerves: A very nervous person.

Bur under my saddle: Something that annoys you or spurs you onto action.

Burn rubber: To drive very fast to get somewhere.

Burn the candle at both ends: To live life at a hectic pace, doing things which are likely to affect the person’s health badly.

Burn your bridges: To do something that makes it impossible to go back from the position you have taken.

Burn your fingers: To suffer a loss or something unpleasant happens due to an act of yours.

Burning daylight: Wasting time.

Burning question: A very important question that everyone wants to ask and know about.

Burst your/someone’s bubble: To remove someone’s delusion.

Bury your head in the sand: To deliberately ignore or avoid something that is clearly wrong.

Busman’s holiday: To spend your free time doing the same sort of work as you do in your job.