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Bed of RosesAn amazing person or condition that is very comfortable or pleasantRate it:
bed outTo transfer a young plant from an inside location such as a greenhouse to an outdoors flower bed.Rate it:
bed them downTo ​lie down ​somewhere, usually ​somewhere different from where you usually ​sleep, in ​order to go to ​sleep.Rate it:
bed them downAnimal husbandry term. Domesticated animals are treated in the USA with tender loving care. Caretakers of animals provide comfortable resting and sleeping places for the nighttime.Rate it:
beddableSexually attractive.Rate it:
beddable[...] feminine, great body great legs great taste, trained and beddable, Jesus, how beddable.Rate it:
beddy-byeBedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.Rate it:
BEDMASBrackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction; a mnemonic for arithmetic order of precedence, with B first and AS last.Rate it:
bedroom eyesEyes that have a sexually suggestive expression.Rate it:
bee in one's bonnetSomething that makes someone act crazy or excites them or is of particular interest or concern to them; something that bothers or irritates someone; a lesser known version of this expression is “bug in one’s bonnet”Rate it:
bee in one's bonnetan idea, which is thought to be crazy or exciting; someone’s particular interest, concern or obsession with somethingRate it:
bee's kneesSomething excellent, outstanding.Rate it:
beef to the hoofFat, chubby, particularly with fat legs.Rate it:
beef upto strengthen or reinforce; to add substance toRate it:
beefcakeUsed other than as an idiom: see beef, cake.Rate it:
beefcakeImagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.Rate it:
beefcakeSuch a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.Rate it:
beefed outHaving been improved greatly or upgraded; beefed up.Rate it:
beefed outMuscular, often in an exaggerated way.Rate it:
been darkmansAlternative spelling of bene darkmansRate it:
been there, done thatAn assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is now bored.Rate it:
been there, done that, bought the t-shirtExpresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.Rate it:
been there, done that, got the t-shirtSame as been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.Rate it:
been there, done that, got the T-shirtAlternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.Rate it:
been there, though not done thatUsed for expressing that though one may have seen something (unpleasant), he may have not participated in the same.Rate it:
been to the rodeoExposed to conmen and hucksters; experienced.Rate it:
been to the rodeoN.d., Alan Neff, Precious Tribes, Vicious Lies, page 72.Rate it:
beer and skittlesFun times.Rate it:
beer and skittlesSomething pleasurable.Rate it:
beer gogglesThe illusion that people are more attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption.Rate it:
beer musclesAn aggressive attitude resulting from consumption of an alcoholic beverage.Rate it:
beer musclesA protruding stomach, supposedly indicative of excessive consumption of beer.Rate it:
beetle-browedhaving bushy dark and messy eyebrows; frowning; unfriendly in appearanceRate it:
before it was coolBefore was popular, trendy, famous, or duly appreciated.Rate it:
before someone's timeFrom before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world.Rate it:
before someone's timeAt a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.Rate it:
before you can say boo.It means that you need to do it before you can say anythingRate it:
before you can say jack robinsonVery quickly. Quicker than you expect.Rate it:
before you can say knifeVery quickly; quicker than one expects.Rate it:
beg borrow or stealgo to extremesRate it:
beg for mercyThis can be taken quite literally and simply means to plead for kindness - either to be spared or at least killed as quickly and painlessly as possible. Particularly when you are in a helpless position.Rate it:
beg offTo avoid, or cancel some event that one has previously arranged with someone.Rate it:
beg pardonAbbreviated form of I beg your pardon.Rate it:
beg to differTo differ strongly in opinion or interpretation.Rate it:
beg yourspardon; could you repeat that?Rate it:
beggar beliefTo go or be beyond belief or plausibility; being too strange, unusual, or extraordinary to be explained, described, or comprehendedRate it:
beggars can't be choosers(proverb) When resources are limited, one must accept even substandard things.Rate it:
beggars cannot be choosersDeserving people cannot put forward their choices. You cannot be concerned about the quality or quantity of certain product or service that you cannot buy or get hold of easily.Rate it:
beginner's luckrefers to the supposed phenomenon of novices experiencing disproportionate frequency of success or succeeding against an expert in a given activity. One would expect experts to outperform novices - when the opposite happens it is counter-intuitive, hence the need for a term to describe this phenomenon.Rate it:
beginning to see the lightan awakening, an awareness, sudden realization, recognizing a situation.Rate it:

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