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• bad blood (between people)
  вражда, неприязненные отношения между людьми

  Derek and his cousin are not on speaking terms; there is much bad blood between them.
• bad hair day
  неудачный день, когда всё идёт не так как надо

  Sunday was a bad hair day and everything went wrong since early morning.
• bad-mouth (someone or something)
  оговаривать кого-то, отзываться плохо о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  Their neighbor Mr. Cannon is a mean person; he has the habit of bad-mouthing everybody.
• balls of one's feet
  подушечки на ступне (около пальцев)

  I have been walking all day that's why the balls of my feet are very sore.
• 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."
• bear (someone or something) in mind
  иметь кого-либо или что-либо в виду

  Wanda ought to bear this risky affair in mind; it might be a fraud, for all I know.
• beat (something) into (someone's) head
  вбить что-либо в голову кого-либо

  "Whether you want it or not, I'll try to beat the rule into your head."
• beat one's brains out
  шевелить мозгами (много умственно трудиться)

  The author beat his brains out in order to think up the proper title for his book.
• beat one's head against the wall
  биться головой об стену (зря тратить время, делая бесполезное дело)

  While speaking to my son, I felt as if I were beating my head against the wall.
• behind one's back
  (делать что-либо) за чьей-либо спиной

  I hate people who gossip behind my back.
• believe one's ears
  верить своим ушам

  I could not believe my ears when my friend told me that he had won a million dollars in a state lottery.
• believe one's eyes
  верить тому, что видишь; верить своим глазам

  I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw Gilbert in the costume of Father Frost.
• bend (someone's) ear
  вести с кем-то продолжительную (нудную) беседу

  "I am sorry but I have to bend your ear for the problem is very serious."
• bigmouth
  шумный, хвастливый и глупый собеседник, говорун

  Nora Dales is a bigmouth and I hate talking with her.
• bite (someone's) head off
  говорить сердито с кем-либо

  I would have confessed my fault to my mother if I were not afraid that she might bite my head off.
• bite one's nails
  нервничать, грызть ногти

  I was biting my nails as I waited for the results of the test.
• bite one's tongue
  прикусить (себе) язык, не проговориться

  I'd rather bite my tongue than tell my parents about my problem.
• bite the hand that feeds (someone)
  платить чёрной неблагодарностью; кусать руку, которая тебя кормит

  Henry is rude to his parents who pay for his education. I think he bites the hand that feeds him.
• bleeding heart
  сострадательный (человек), болеющий сердцем за кого-либо

  My aunt had a bleeding heart and she was always ready to sympathize with others.
• blind leading the blind
  слепой слепого водит (о человеке, который сам ничего не знает, но пытается объяснить что-либо другому)

  "Your attempts to explain to me how to use this camera are like the blind leading the blind."
• blood is thicker than water
  свой своему поневоле брат; кровь не вода

  Jeremy knows that blood is thicker than water, but he has never helped his parents in times of trouble.
• blood runs cold
  внушать или вселять ужас, кровь стынет в жилах

  I am afraid of snakes, and whenever I see a snake my blood runs cold.
• blood, sweat, and tears
  огромное усилие (кровь, пот и слёзы)

  I put much blood, sweat and tears into writing the essay.
• blow (someone's) mind
  взволновать, полностью захватить (о чувствах)

  "The book is so thrilling that I hope it will blow your mind."
• blow one's nose
  сморкаться

  Jack took out a big handkerchief from his pocket and loudly blew his nose.
• blow one's stack/top
  сильно разозлиться, "крышу снесло"

  My neighbor blew his top when I asked him not to play loud music.
• blow up in (someone's) face
  мгновенно взорваться, потерять значимость

  The information, which was supposed to be secret, suddenly blew up in his face.
• blue blood
  голубая кровь (аристократическое происхождение)

  There are not many of the blue bloods left who permanently live in this country.
• body blow
  сокрушительный удар или серьёзные повреждения

  Ron's small house received a body blow when the hurricane hit the town.
• boggle one's mind
  пугать, смущать, тревожить

  "I don't want to boggle your mind, but the absence of proper safety is dangerous."
• bone of contention
  яблоко раздора, предмет разногласий

  The inheritance their Grandfather had left to the sisters was a bone of contention for them.
• bonehead
  исключительно глупый, тупой

  "You are a bonehead. Why don't you understand what I am trying to tell you?"
• bored out of one's mind/skull
  надоесть, наскучить

  The lecture turned out to be extremely dull, and I was bored out of my mind.
• bound hand and foot
  быть связанным по рукам и ногам

  Three family members were bound hand and foot by a stranger who into their apartment last night.
• brain (someone)
  ударить кого-либо по голове, размозжить голову

  Suddenly the little boy took his spade and brained his playmate.