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  • Blood, Sweat, and Tears

    blood, sweat, and tears https://www.theidioms.com/blood-sweat-and-tears/ Read more

    Posted on 22 March 2022
  • Bad Blood

    Meaning to have ill feelings towards someone to feel bitterness towards someone the feeling of hostility or ill will a serious feud or long-standing... Read more

    Posted on 22 March 2022
  • Blind Date

    Meaning to go on a date with someone you have never met before. a kind of date between people with no previous encounters, often arranged by a mutual... Read more

    Posted on 22 March 2022
  • Body and Soul

    body and soul https://www.theidioms.com/body-and-soul/ Read more

    Posted on 16 March 2022
  • Take a Leaf out of Someone’s Book

    Meaning implement actionable advice follow an example set by another person imitate another person emulate copy Example Sentences I couldn't decide... Read more

    Posted on 16 March 2022
  • Bring Someone to Book

    bring someone to book https://www.theidioms.com/bring-someone-to-book/ Read more

    Posted on 15 March 2022
  • Living on Borrowed Time

    living on borrowed time https://www.theidioms.com/living-on-borrowed-time/ Read more

    Posted on 15 March 2022
  • Break New Ground

    break new ground https://www.theidioms.com/break-new-ground/ Read more

    Posted on 12 March 2022
  • Hit the Panic Button

    hit the panic button https://www.theidioms.com/hit-the-panic-button/ Read more

    Posted on 12 March 2022
  • Wide Berth

    a wide berth Meaning avoid (a person, place, or circumstance) stay away from keep away from somebody sizeable allotment mitigate collision Example... Read more

    Posted on 11 March 2022
  • Bury Head in the Sand

    bury head in the sand https://www.theidioms.com/bury-head-in-the-sand/ Read more

    Posted on 10 March 2022
  • Rain Check

    take a rain check Meaning declining an offer that might be taken up later. refuse an offer politely, but imply that it can be taken up later. to guarantee... Read more

    Posted on 08 March 2022
  • Buy Time

    Meaning to do something in order to postpone an event, a result, etc. to do something in order to be allowed more time. The idiom " buy time " refers to... Read more

    Posted on 07 March 2022
  • Between You and Me

    between you and me https://www.theidioms.com/between-you-and-me/ Read more

    Posted on 27 February 2022
  • as Bold as Brass

    as bold as brass https://www.theidioms.com/as-bold-as-brass/ Read more

    Posted on 25 February 2022
  • Behind Bars

    behind bars https://www.theidioms.com/behind-bars/ Read more

    Posted on 24 February 2022
  • Bosom Friend

    bosom friend https://www.theidioms.com/bosom-friend/ Read more

    Posted on 24 February 2022
  • Beau Monde

    Meaning a fashionable society. a rich society. a class of people who are particularly wealthy and glamorous. Example Sentences He had no interest in th... Read more

    Posted on 22 February 2022
  • Rob Peter to Pay Paul

    rob Peter to pay Paul https://www.theidioms.com/rob-peter-to-pay-paul/ Read more

    Posted on 18 February 2022
  • Burn the Candle at Both Ends

    burn the candle at both ends https://www.theidioms.com/burn-the-candle-at-both-ends/ Read more

    Posted on 16 February 2022