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Идиомы на букву B

• bang/beat one's head against the wall
  биться головой о стену, делать что-либо безнадёжное

  Jim gave up any attempts to prove his innocence; he didn't want to bang his head against the wall.
• bank on (someone or something)
  рассчитывать на кого-то или что-то

  You know you can always bank on me for help.
• banker's hours
  короткие часы работы (часы работы банка)

  I would like to get a job where I can work banker's hours most days.
• bankroll someone
  финансировать кого-либо

  Colin asked his father to bankroll him as he wanted to buy a sport car.
• baptism of fire
  крещение огнём ( первый опыт часто трудный или неприятный)

  When I started my own small business, I went through a baptism of fire.
• bare bones (of something)
  самые основные части чего-либо

  "You can't possibly cut out these paragraphs from your essay; they are the bare bones of the topic."
• bargain for (something)
  рассчитывать, принимать что-либо во внимание

  My father's financial support was more than I had bargained for.
• bargain on (something)
  планировать или ожидать чего-либо

  I didn't bargain on having so many relatives staying in my house at the same time.
• barge in on (someone or something)
  прерывать, встревать в разговор, навязываться

  I hate people to barge in on me when I am doing something important.
• bark is worse than one's bite
  суровый с виду; не такой плохой, как кажется

  My Granddad often says harsh words, but I know that his bark is worse than his bite.
• bark up the wrong tree
  ошибаться, идти по ложному следу; обвинять не того, кого следует

  George is barking up the wrong tree when he blames his troubles on his parents.
• base one's opinion on (something)
  составить своё мнение из чего-либо (с чьих-то слов, опыта, общения)

  I don't want to base my opinion on what you told me about Tim, I know him to be a decent guy.
• bat a thousand
  быть очень успешным

  Jeremy has been batting a thousand in his attempts to earn much money.
• bat out of hell
  очень быстро, мгновенно

  "What happened? Why did the man left the room like a bat out of hell?"
• bats in the belfry
  сумасшедший, эксцентричный

  I guess my friend has bats in the belfry; his plans are absolutely crazy.
• batten down the hatches
  готовиться к трудным временам (задраивать люк перед штормом)

  A big storm was brewing and the fishermen decided to batten down the hatches.
• bawl out (someone)
  орать, громко ругать кого-либо

  Bawling out the children won't get you anywhere; they won't obey you.
• be a new one on (someone)
  быть ранее неизвестным; что-то, во что трудно поверить

  It was a new one on Jeffrey when he learnt that his father was going to remarry.
• be all ears
  внимательно слушать

  The little girl was all ears when her mother read fairy-tales to her.
• be all things to all people
  всё, что нужно всем

  Don't try to be all things to all people otherwise it will be difficult for people to trust you.
• be at one's wit's end
  быть в растерянности

  Mary was at her wit's end whether to tell her husband about the incident or not.
• be cricket
  честная игра, джентльменское поведение

  The way Ernest Fitzpatrick treated his employees was not cricket.
• be curtains for (someone or something)
  конец кому-то или чему-то (крышка кому-то или чему-то)

  It was curtains for his old computer when it finally refused to work.
• be dealt a bad hand/deal someone a bad hand
  получить плохие карты или попасть в невыгодное положение

  It looks as if Felix was dealt a bad hand; he appears to be very upset.
• be game
  готовый сделать что-либо охотно, выражающий согласие сделать что-либо

  The majority of the children were game to go to the circus.
• be hand in hand
  держаться за руки

  I saw Miranda and her husband walking hand in hand.
• be into (something)
  интересоваться чем-то, быть вовлечённым во что-то

  My little brother is very much into chess and draughts.
• be laid up
  быть прикованным к постели, болеть

  Professor Carson had to cancel his class because he was laid up with the flu.
• be of the persuasion that (something) is so
  быть убеждённым в правильности чего-то

  Choosing a career is a difficult task and I am of the persuasion that it is really so.
• be off
  уходить, убегать

  I am sorry I can't talk to you now; I must be off.
• be off on the wrong foot
  плохо начать что-то делать, испортить отношения

  He tried to reason with his sister, but it seemed that they were off on the wrong foot already.
• be off to a bad start
  плохо начать что-то делать

  Our trip to Manchester was off to a bad start when our bus broke down in the middle of the way.
• be that as it may
  будь, что будет

  "Be that as it may, I am not going to let you give up your career."
• be the case
  доподлинный случай или ситуация

  "It might have been the case before, but now we are going to act differently."
• be the death of (someone)
  погибель, крах, серьёзная проблема

  "If you eat too many sweets, it may be the death of your teeth," my mother said.