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1. By hook or by crook- by one means or another
2. Bear the brunt of - to bear the main shock of
3. Bell the cat- to take first step at personal risk
4. Bid defiance - to ignore
5. Blow one's trumpet - to praise oneself
6. Break the news - to give bad news
7. Burn a hole in one's pocket - money spent quickly
8. Bury the hatchet - to make peace
9. Beside oneself - to fell excessively
10. Bad blood - bitter relations
11. Black and blue -to beat mercilessly
12.Beat about the bush - to talk in a round about manner
13.Beat the air- to make useless efforts
14. Build castles in the air- to make visionary schemes
15. Break the ice - to speak first after prolonged silence
16. Bring to book- to punish, to call to account
17. Breathe one's last - to die
18. Back stairs influence- by unfair means
19. Bird's eye view- concise view
20. Bolt from the blue- sudden or unexpected shock
21.Burn one's boats - point of no return
22. By the by - by the way
23. Be upto - to be equal to
24. Bated breath - in anxiety expectancy
25. Bandy words - to wrangle, to argue
26.Bee in one's bonnet- to be fussy
27. Bite the dust - to be defeated
28. Blue stocking - educated but pedantic lady
29.Book worm - a person in the habit of pouring over books
30. Bring down the house - receive applause
31. Brow beat - to bully
32. Bad egg - a worthless
33. Beside the mark - irrelevant
34. Burn one's fingers - to get into trouble
35. Brown study - reverie. day dream
36. Bank on - depend on, count on
37. Blaze the trail - to start a movement
38. Bull in a China shop - one who causes damage
39. By the rule of thumb - according to practical experience
40. Big draw- a huge attraction
41. Broken reed -support that failed
42. By the skin of the teeth- narrowly
43. Bone of contention - cause of quarrel
44. Bit/ Piece of one's mind - to scold
45. Born with silver spoon - to be born in a rich family
46.Burn candle at both ends- squander
47. By fits and starts - irregularly
48. By dint of - by force of
49. Blow hot and cold - to speak in favour and against at the same time
50. By and by - gradually
51. Blue blood- aristocratic blood
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