black

black (as) black as a skillet
black (as) black as a stack of black cats
black (as) black as a sweep
black (as) black as coal
black (as) black as night
black (as) black as one is painted
black (as) black as pitch
black (as) black as the ace of spades
black black-and-blue
black black as a skillet
black black as a stack of black cats
black black as a sweep
black black as coal
black black as night
black black as one is painted
black black as pitch
black black as the ace of spades
black black out
black get a black eye
black give someone a black eye
black in black and white
black in the black
black pitch-black
black put something down in black and white
black the black sheep of the family
black the pot calling the kettle black
blame lay the blame on someone or something
blame place the blame on someone or something
blame put the blame on someone or something
blanche give carte blanche to someone
blanche give someone carte blanche
blank draw a blank
blank give a blank check to someone
blank give someone a blank check
blanket wet blanket
blast (at) full blast
blast blast off
blast full blast
blaze blaze a trail (in something)
bleep bleep something out
blessing a blessing in disguise
blessings thankful for small blessings
blind (as) blind as a bat
blind blind as a bat
blind turn a blind eye to someone or something
blind up a blind alley
blind the blind leading the blind
blindfolded able to do something blindfolded
blink on the blink
block knock someone’s block off
block on the block
block put one’s head on the block (for someone or
something)
block stumbling block
block a chip off the old block
blood (as) red as blood
blood bad blood (between people)
Blood Blood is thicker than water.
Blood Blood runs thicker than water.
blood blood, sweat, and tears
blood blue blood
blood curdle someone’s blood
blood draw blood
blood flesh and blood
blood have someone’s blood on one’s hands
blood in cold blood
blood in one’s blood
blood in the blood
blood make someone’s blood boil
blood make someone’s blood run cold
blood new blood
blood red as blood
blood (some) new blood
blood sweat blood
bloody bloody but unbowed
bloody cry bloody murder
bloody scream bloody murder
bloom in bloom
blossom in blossom
blow blow a fuse
blow blow a gasket
blow blow-by-blow account
blow blow-by-blow description
blow blow hot and cold
blow blow off steam
blow blow one’s cookies
blow blow one’s cool
blow blow one’s cork
blow blow one’s lines
blow blow one’s lunch
blow blow one’s nose
blow blow one’s own horn
blow blow one’s stack
blow blow one’s top
blow blow over
blow blow someone or something away
blow blow someone or something off
blow blow someone or something to smithereens
blow blow someone’s cover
blow blow someone’s mind
blow blow something
blow blow the lid off (something)
blow blow the whistle (on someone)
blow blow up
blowing see which way the wind is blowing
blowout have a blowout
blows come to blows (over something)
blue between the devil and the deep blue sea
blue black-and-blue
blue blue around the gills
blue blue blood
blue burn with a low blue flame
blue come out of the blue
blue like a bolt out of the blue
blue once in a blue moon
blue out of a clear blue sky
blue out of the blue

blue talk a blue streak
blue talk until one is blue in the face
blues get the blues
bluff call someone’s bluff
blush at first blush
boar (as) crazy as a peach-orchard boar
boar crazy as a peach-orchard boar
board across the board
board (as) flat as a board
board back to the drawing board
board flat as a board
board go by the board
board on board
board room and board
boat in the same boat (as someone)
boat miss the boat
boat rock the boat
bodies know where all the bodies are buried
body arrive in a body
body come in a body
body go in a body
body keep body and soul together
body over my dead body
bog bog down
boggle boggle someone’s mind
boil boil down to something
boil boil something down
boil make someone’s blood boil
boiling have a low boiling point
bold (as) bold as brass
bold big and bold
bold bold as brass
bolt like a bolt out of the blue
bolt sit bolt upright
bolts the nuts and bolts (of something)
bombshell drop a bomb(shell)
bombshell explode a bombshell
bone (as) dry as a bone
bone bone of contention
bone bone up (on something)
bone chilled to the bone
bone cut someone or something to the bone
bone dry as a bone
bone have a bone to pick (with someone)
bone work one’s fingers to the bone
boner pull a boner
bones (all) skin and bones
bones feel something in one’s bones
bones know something in one’s bones
bones Make no bones about it.
bones nothing but skin and bones
bones skin and bones
bonnet get a bee in one’s bonnet
bonnet have a bee in one’s bonnet
bonnet put a bee in someone’s bonnet
book bell, book, and candle
book by the book
book coffee-table book
book crack a book
book go by the book
book have one’s nose in a book
book in one’s book
book know someone or something like a book
book (like) an open book
book make book on something
book read someone like a(n open) book
book someone wrote the book on something
book take a leaf out of someone’s book
book throw the book at someone
book use every trick in the book
book an open book
books balance the books
books close the books (on someone or something)
books hit the books
books one for the (record) books
boom lower the boom on someone
boot (as) tough as an old boot
boot boot someone out
boot get the boot
boot give someone the boot
boot to boot
boot tough as an old boot
boots die in one’s boots
boots die with one’s boots on
boots quake in one’s boots
boots shake in one’s boots
boots You bet (your boots)!
bootstraps pull oneself up (by one’s own bootstraps)
borderline on the borderline
bore bore someone stiff
bore bore someone to death
bored bored silly
bored bored stiff
bored bored to death
bored bored to distraction
bored bored to tears
boredom die of boredom
born born and bred
born born and raised
born born out of wedlock
born born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
born in all one’s born days
born not born yesterday
borrow borrow trouble
borrowed live on borrowed time
boss boss someone around
both burn the candle at both ends
both cut both ways
both have a foot in both camps
both have it both ways
both have the best of both worlds
both land on both  feet
both let someone have it (with both barrels)
both make (both) ends meet
both play both ends (against the middle)
both with both hands tied behind one’s back
bothered hot and bothered
bottle bottle something up
bottle crack open a bottle
bottle hit the bottle
bottom (as) soft as a baby’s bottom
bottom at the bottom of the hour
bottom at the bottom of the ladder
bottom bet one’s bottom dollar

bottom bottom out
bottom from the bottom of one’s heart
bottom from top to bottom
bottom get to the bottom of something
bottom hit bottom
bottom learn something from the bottom up
bottom scrape the bottom of the barrel
bottom soft as a baby’s bottom
bottom the bottom line
Bottoms Bottoms up!
bounces That’s the way the ball bounces.
bound bound and determined
bound bound for somewhere
bound bound hand and foot
bound bound to (do something)
bound duty bound (to do something)
bounds by leaps and bounds
bounds out of bounds
bounds within bounds
bow bow and scrape
bow bow out
bow take a bow
bowl bowl someone over
box inside the box
box open Pandora’s box
box outside the box
box stuff the ballot box
box thinking inside the box
box thinking outside the box
box think inside the box
box think outside the box
boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
boy fair-haired boy
Boys Boys will be boys.
boys separate the men from the boys
brain brain someone
brain have something on the brain
brains beat one’s brains out (to do something)
brains pick someone’s brain(s)
brains rack one’s brain(s)
branch hold out the olive branch
brass (as) bold as brass
brass bold as brass
brass double in brass
brass get down to brass tacks
brave put on a brave face
brave put on a (brave) front
brave put up a (brave) front
breach step in(to the breach)
bread bread-and-butter letter
bread bread and water
bread know which side one’s bread is buttered on
bread someone’s bread and butter
bread the greatest thing since sliced bread
breadth by a hair(‘s breadth)
break at the break of dawn
break break a code
break break a habit
break break a law
Break Break a leg!
break break a record
break break camp
break break down
break break even
break break ground (for something)
Break Break it up!
break break loose (from someone or something)
break break new ground
break break off (with someone)
break break one’s back (to do something)
break break one’s habit
break break one’s neck (to do something)
break break one’s word
break break out
break break (out) in(to) tears
break break someone or something down
break break someone or something in
break break someone or something up
break break someone’s fall
break break someone’s heart
break break something down (for someone)
break break something down (into something)
break break something to pieces
break break something to someone
break break the back of something
break break the bank
break break the habit
break break the ice
break break the law
break break the news (to someone)
break break through (something)
break break up (with someone)
break get a break
break give someone a break
break make a break for something or somewhere
break make or break someone
break take a break
break take one’s break
break tough break
breaking breaking and entering
breast make a clean breast of something
breath (all) in one breath
breath catch one’s breath
breath Don’t hold your breath.
breath get time to catch one’s breath
breath hold one’s breath
breath in one breath
breath in the same breath
breath out of breath
breath save one’s breath
breath say something under one’s breath
breath take someone’s breath away
breath time to catch one’s breath
breath waste one’s breath
breath with every (other) breath
breath a breath of fresh air
breathe able to breathe (easily) again
breathe able to breathe (freely) again
breathe breathe down someone’s neck
breathe breathe easy
breathe breathe one’s last
breathe hardly have time to breathe
breathe not breathe a word (about someone or
something)

breathe not breathe a word of it
breathe scarcely have time to breathe
bred born and bred
breeds Familiarity breeds contempt.
breeze shoot the breeze
brew brew a plot
brewing There is trouble brewing.
brewing Trouble is brewing.
brewing A storm is brewing.
brick bang one’s head against a brick wall
brick drop a brick
bricks bricks and mortar
bricks hit (someone) like a ton of bricks
bricks hit the bricks
bricks two bricks shy of a load
bride give the bride away
bridge cross a bridge before one comes to it
bridge cross a bridge when one comes to it
bridge water under the bridge
bridges burn one’s bridges (behind one)
bridges burn one’s bridges in front of one
brief hold no brief for someone or something
brief in brief
bright (as) bright as a button
bright (as) bright as a new pin
bright bright and early
bright bright as a button
bright bright as a new pin
bright bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
bright get a bright idea
bright give someone a bright idea
brim filled to the brim
brimming brimming with something
bring bring down the curtain (on something)
bring bring down the house
bring bring home the bacon
bring bring people or other creatures out in droves
bring bring someone or something up
bring bring someone around
bring bring someone to
bring bring someone up-to-date (on someone or something)
bring bring someone or something up-to-date
bring bring something about
bring bring something crashing down (around one)
bring bring something home to someone
bring bring something into question
bring bring something off
bring bring something to a head
bring bring something to light
bring bring something to someone’s attention
bring bring up the rear
britches too big for one’s britches
broad (as) broad as a barn door
broad broad as a barn door
broad broad in the beam
broad have broad shoulders
broad in broad daylight
Broadway on Broadway
broke be the straw that broke the camel’s back
broke flat broke
broke go broke
broke go for broke
broken die of a broken heart
broken sound like a broken record
broth Too many cooks spoil the broth.
brother’s one’s brother’s keeper
brow by the sweat of one’s brow
brow knit one’s brow
brown do something up brown
brunt bear the brunt (of something)
brush brush up (on something)
brush get the brush-off
brush give someone the brush-off
brush have a brush with something
brush tarred with the same brush
bubble burst someone’s bubble
buck buck for something
buck buck up
buck make a fast buck
buck make a quick buck
buck pass the buck
bucket kick the bucket
bucket a drop in the bucket
buckle buckle down (to something)
bud nip something in the bud
buff in the buff
bug (as) crazy as a betsy bug
bug (as) snug as a bug in a rug
bug bug out
bug bug someone
bug crazy as a betsy bug
bug snug as a bug in a rug
buggy horse and buggy
build build a case (against someone)
build build a fire under someone
build build castles in Spain
build build castles in the air
build build (someone or something) up
build build something to order
build build up to something
building busy as a beaver (building a new dam)
built Rome wasn’t built in a day.
bulk in bulk
bull cock-and-bull story
bull full of bull
bull seize the bull by the horns
bull shoot the bull
bull take the bull by the horns
bull a bull in a china shop
bullet bite the bullet
bullpen in the bullpen
bull’s hit the bull’s-eye
bum give someone a bum steer
bump bump into someone
bump bump someone off
bump like a bump on a log
bumps get goose bumps
bumps give someone goose bumps
bum’s give someone the bum’s rush
bundle make a bundle
bundle a bundle of nerves
burden groan under the burden of something
buried dead and buried
buried know where all the bodies are buried