blow chunks »
To be very bad, inadequate, unpleasant, or miserable; to thoroughly suck.
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blue note »
Notes added to the major scale for expressive quality in jazz and blues music, particularly the flatted third, fifth and seventh.
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bogged down »
Stuck; mired, as in detail, difficulty; delayed or made slower.
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born with a silver spoon in one's mouth »
Note. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.
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box on the ear »
Administered on the victim's ear, usually by an educator, to enforce attention.
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boys and their toys »
Used to evoke the idea that adult men sometimes dote excessively on machines, automobiles, and gadgets in a childish manner.
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boys will be boys »
It is hard, often fruitless, to attempt to curb the natural playfulness and tendency to mischief of most growing boys.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13But just then there was a slight altercation between Master Tommy and Master Jacky. Boys will be boys and our two twins were no exception to this golden rule.Even grown men usually remain somewhat boyish in heart"Boys will be boys", grinned grandpa while he joined his adult son playing with the fancy train-set he gave his grandson for Christmas while the kid was in school.
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brain-dead »
Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
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brain-dead »
Having no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy.
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brass monkey »
A cocktail of vodka, rum and orange juice, sometimes with the addition of galliano.
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bread and butter »
Bread spread with butter.
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bread and butter »
That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone.
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breadwinner »
The member of a household who earns all or most of the income
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break even »
To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.
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break ground »
To initiate a new venture, or to advance beyond previous achievements.
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