Idioms Beginning With: 'B'

• Batten down the hatches
• Batting a thousand
• Battle of nerves
• Be all ears
• Be careful what you wish for
• Be in deep water
• Be on the pig's back
• Be out in force
• Be out in left field
• Be that as it may
• Be true blue
• Be up the spout
• Beam me up, Scotty
• Bean counter
• Bear fruit
• Bear market
• Bear the brunt
• Beard the lion in his own den
• Beat about the bush
• Beat someone to the draw
• Beat swords into ploughshares
• Beat the daylights out of someone
• Beat the rap
• Beat the tar out of
• Beat them at their own game
• Beat to the punch
• Beat your brains out
• Beating a dead horse
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
• Beauty is only skin deep
• Beck and call
• Bedroom eyes
• Bee in your bonnet
• Bee's Knees
• Beeline for
• Been around the block a few times
• Been in the wars
• Been there, done that
• Beer and skittles
• Before the ink is dry
• Before you can say Jack Robinson
• Before you can say knife
• Beg the question
• Beggars can't be choosers
• Behind bars
• Behind closed doors
• Behind someone's back
• Behind the curve
• Behind the eight ball
• Behind the times

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