Rich Idioms and Phrases
SN
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Idioms & Phrases |
Meanings |
61
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at bottom
|
in reality
|
62
|
at daggers drawn
|
a situation of
extreme animosity; extremely angry
|
63
|
at large
|
unrestrained/
uncontrolled
|
64
|
at one’s wits’ end
|
to get confused for
being worried
|
65
|
a bad egg
|
a worthless person
|
66
|
a bag of bones
|
a very thin person
|
67
|
a ball of fire
|
an active person
|
68
|
a bird’s eye view
|
in a narrow sense
|
69
|
a black sheep
|
a troublemaker in a
group/family; not in family conformity
|
70
|
a brave new world
|
a completely
reformed changed place
|
71
|
a whole lot of sth
|
lot of sth/ much
more
|
72
|
bread and water
|
very plain food only
to satisfy hunger
|
73
|
bread basket
|
an area of heavily
fertile land
|
74
|
under/on the
breadline
|
very poor people
|
75
|
break through sth
|
to overcome shyness
|
76
|
break wind
|
to fart/pass wind
through the anus
|
77
|
Brinkmanship
|
take gr8 risk of
policy as far as it is safely possible
|
78
|
a broken reed
|
an inefficient man
of a n office
|
79
|
be the cat’s
whiskers
|
to be an important
person thing
|
80
|
buck (a US dollar)
|
a US dollar
|
81
|
buck up
|
to hurry up
|
82
|
hang on
|
please wait
|
83
|
burn the midnight
oil
|
to work hard
overnight
|
84
|
butter sb up
|
to kowtow sb to get
sth done
|
85
|
buy time
|
to delay sth
intentionally
|
86
|
by and by
|
slowly&
gradually
|
87
|
call sb names
|
to call sb by
insulting names
|
88
|
call by
|
to visit sb while on
the way
|
89
|
open a can of worms
|
to create a very
complicated problem
|
90
|
canny
|
very
wise/intelligent, etc.
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