Thursday 29 April 2010

burn

burn burn (oneself) out
burn burn one’s bridges (behind one)
burn burn one’s bridges in front of one
burn burn out
burn burn someone or something to a crisp
burn burn someone at the stake
burn burn someone in effigy
burn burn someone up
burn burn the candle at both ends
burn burn the midnight oil
burn burn with a low blue flame
burn crash and burn
burn have money to burn
burned burned to a cinder
burned burned up
burned get one’s fingers burned
burner put something on the back burner
burning keep the home fires burning
burns fiddle while Rome burns
burns Money burns a hole in someone’s pocket.
burst burst at the seams
burst burst in on someone or something
burst burst into flames
burst burst into tears
burst burst onto the scene
burst burst out crying
burst burst out laughing
burst burst someone’s bubble
burst burst with joy
burst burst with pride
bury bury one’s head in the sand
bury bury the hatchet
bush beat about the bush
bush beat around the bush
bush A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
bushel hide one’s light under a bushel
bushy bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
business business as usual
business do a land-office business
business drum some business up
business funny business
business get down to business
business get one’s nose out of someone’s business
business give someone the business
business go about one’s business
business have no business doing something
business keep one’s nose out of someone’s business
business make it one’s business to do something
business mean business
business mind one’s own business
business monkey business
business none of someone’s business
business open for business
business send one about one’s business
business set someone up (in business)
business someone’s place of business
business the business end of something
busman’s a busman’s holiday
bust bust a gut (to do something)
bustle hustle and bustle
busy (as) busy as a beaver
busy (as) busy as a bee
busy (as) busy as a cat on a hot tin roof
busy (as) busy as a hibernating bear
busy (as) busy as a one-armed paperhanger
busy (as) busy as Grand Central Station
busy (as) busy as popcorn on a skillet
busy busy as a beaver
busy busy as a bee
busy busy as a cat on a hot tin roof
busy busy as a hibernating bear
busy busy as a one-armed paperhanger
busy busy as Grand Central Station
busy busy as popcorn on a skillet
busy get busy
busy Have you been keeping busy?
but all over but the shouting
but bloody but unbowed
but but for someone or something
but can’t help but do something
but everything but the kitchen sink
but gone but not forgotten
but It never rains but it pours.
but last but not least
but nothing but skin and bones
but nothing but something
but poor but clean
but sadder but wiser
but separate but equal
but slow(ly) but sure(ly)
buts no buts about it
buts no ifs, ands, or buts about it
butt butt in (on someone or something)
butter bread-and-butter letter
butter butter someone up
butter look as if butter wouldn’t melt in one’s mouth
butter someone’s bread and butter
buttered know which side one’s bread is buttered on
butterflies get butterflies in one’s stomach
butterflies give one butterflies in one’s stomach
butterfly (as) gaudy as a butterfly
butterfly gaudy as a butterfly
button (as) bright as a button
button bright as a button
button button one’s lip
button on the button
button press the panic button
button push the panic button
buy buy a pig in a poke
buy buy someone off
buy buy something
buy not buy something
buyer Let the buyer beware.
buzz give someone a buzz
by abide by something
by blow-by-blow account
by blow-by-blow description
by by a hair(‘s breadth)
by by all accounts
by by all appearances
by by all means
by by a mile
by by and by
by by and large

by by any means
by by a show of hands
by by a whisker
by by chance
by by check
by by choice
by by coincidence
by by day
by by dint of something
by by fits and starts
by by guess and by golly
by by herself
by by himself
by by hook or (by) crook
by by itself
by by leaps and bounds
by by means of something
by by mistake
by by myself
by by night
by by no means
by by oneself
by by ourselves
by by return mail
by by shank’s mare
by by the
by by virtue of something
by by way of something
by by word of mouth
by by yourself
by by yourselves
by cheek by jowl
by come by something
by conspicuous by one’s absence
by crushed by something
by do somehow by someone
by do something by hand
by down by some amount
by drop by (sometime)
by drop by the wayside
by easy to come by
by end up by doing something
by fall by the wayside
by fly-by-night
by get by (on something)
by get by (with something)
by get the go-by
by give someone the go-by
by go by the board
by go by the book
by go (somewhere) by shank’s mare
by hang by a hair
by hang by a thread
by hoist by one’s own petard
by inch by inch
by judging by something
by know someone by sight
by know something by heart
by lay something by
by lead someone by the nose
by learn something by heart
by learn something by rote
by let something slide by
by let something slip by
by let the chance slip by
by little by little
by live by one’s wits
by miss (something) by a mile
by not by a long shot
by one by one
by play by ear
by play something by ear
by possessed by something
by pull oneself up (by one’s own bootstraps)
by put off by someone or something
by put something by
by put upon by someone
by run that by (someone) again
by saved by the bell
by seize the bull by the horns
by set great store by someone or something
by sit (idly) by
by squeak by (someone or something)
by stand by
by step-by-step
by stick by someone or something
by stop by (somewhere)
by swear by someone or something
by take someone or something by storm
by take someone or something by surprise
by take someone by surprise
by take the bull by the horns
by touched by someone or something
by win by a nose
by word by word
by a play-by-play description
bye kiss something good-bye
bygones Let bygones be bygones.
byways highways and byways

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