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butter faceUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see butter,‎ face.Rate it:
butter fingersA clumsy person who always drops things, a klutz.Rate it:
butter one's bread on both sidesTo profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.Rate it:
butter someone upTo praise someone; to flatter someone to attain his/her favor, especially before asking them for somethingRate it:
butter upTo flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.Rate it:
butter will not melt in someone's mouthAlternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthRate it:
butter won't melt in someone's mouthAlternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthRate it:
butter would not melt in someone's mouthAlternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthRate it:
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthThe identified person appears to be benign, mild-mannered, or calm.Rate it:
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthThe identified person is prim and proper, standoffish, cool, or dispassionate.Rate it:
Butterflies in the StomachNervous feelings in the stomach, basically caused by anxiety or tensionRate it:
butterfly upon a wheelAn innocent person crushed by life's adversities.Rate it:
button noseA nose with a small size and a relatively flat, round shape, usually considered to be dainty or cute in appearance.Rate it:
button noseA person having such a nose.Rate it:
button one's lipTo remain silent, especially in order to keep a secret or to avoid saying something inappropriate.Rate it:
button upTo fasten with a button or buttons.Rate it:
button upTo fasten all the buttons on a coat, or similar item of clothing, to keep warm.Rate it:
button upsay nothingRate it:
Button Your LipTo be quite, to keep silenceRate it:
button-downConservative; conventional; unimaginative.Rate it:
button-downOf a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.Rate it:
button-downSerious; staid; businesslike.Rate it:
buttoned-downAlternative form of button-down.Rate it:
buttoned-downAlternative form of button-downRate it:
Buy a Pig in a PokeTo buy something immediately without even examining itRate it:
buy backto purchase something already sold, misplaced, destroyed or given awayRate it:
buy cheap, buy twiceBuying a cheap but inferior product is a false economy since it will need replacement.Rate it:
buy inAlternative spelling of buy-inRate it:
buy intobelieve; accept a craze or fad for valid.Rate it:
buy intoTo buy stocks or shares of (a business).Rate it:
buy offto pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other serviceRate it:
buy off onTo consent to.Rate it:
buy outTo purchase the entire stock or extent of something.Rate it:
buy outTo purchase the ownership of a company.Rate it:
buy straw hats in winterOf stocks, to buy when both demand and price is low, sell when demand and price is high.Rate it:
buy the farmTo die; often, to die in battle.Rate it:
buy the rumor, sell the factA phrase often cited by stock traders that explains price declines that occur after an anticipated positive event has happened.Rate it:
buy timePurposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.Rate it:
buy to letTo purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it.Rate it:
buy upTo buy the whole of, the totality of something.Rate it:
buy upTo buy whatever is available of something.Rate it:
buying timeTo purposely cause a delay to allow you to finish something.Rate it:
buzz inTo open a remote-controlled door to allow to enter after he/she has sounded the door buzzer.Rate it:
buzz offUsed to tell someone to go away.Rate it:
buzz upTo allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock.Rate it:

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