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    Backhanded compliment 4, 19
    Back-seat driver 4
    Back to square one, go 4, 58, 84
    Back to the drawing board, go 4, 84, 105
    Back to the wall, have (one’s) vi, 4, 5, 6, 45, 67, 119
    Bad blood 4
    Bark up the wrong tree 4
    Bats in (one’s) belfry, have 2, 4, 5, 22, 28, 51, 62, 64, 67, 79
    Beat about/around the bush 5, 32, 41, 85, 103, 115
    Beat a dead horse 5, 77
    Beat a hasty retreat 5, 58
    Beat (someone) to the punch 5 Beat the bushes 5, 53
    Behind the eight ball 4, 5, 6, 17, 45, 67
    Below the belt, hit (someone) 5 Bend (someone’s) ear 5, 103
    Beside (oneself) 5 Beside the point 5
    Bet (one’s) boots 6, 23
    Bet (one’s) bottom dollar 6, 23
    Between a rock and a hard place 4, 5, 6, 45, 67, 119
    Between the devil and the deep blue sea 5, 6, 45, 67
    Beyond the pale 6
    Big cheese 6, 7, 41, 117
    Big fish in a small pond 6, 103
    Big shot 6, 7, 41, 103, 117
    Big wheel 6, 7, 41, 103, 117
    Bigwig 6, 7, 41, 103, 117
    Bird’s-eye view 7
    Bite off more than (one) can chew 7
    Bite the bullet 7, 24, 38, 89
    Bite the dust 7
    Bitter/hard pill to swallow 7 Black and blue 7, 104, 119
    Black market 7, 105
    Black out 7
    Black sheep 8
    Black tie 8
    Blow off steam 8, 27, 56, 74, 79, 104
    Blow (one’s) own horn 8
    Blow (one’s) stack 8, 31, 56, 74, 79
    Blow/run hot and cold 8
    Blue 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21, 34, 45, 65, 66, 67, 89, 93, 98, 103, 104,
    Blue-blood 8, 103, 104
    Blue-collar worker 9, 98, 103, 117
    Blue law 8
    Blue ribbon 8, 104
    Boiling point 9, 57, 104
    Bomb 9, 53
    Bone of contention, a 9
    Bone to pick, a 9
    Born yesterday 9, 48, 51, 97
    Both feet on the ground 9, 21, 40
    Bottom line, the 9, 45, 55, 60, 105
    Bottom of the barrel 9, 17
    Bottoms up! 10
    Boxed in/box (someone) in 10
    Brainstorm 10
    Breadwinner 10 Break the ice 10
    Bring down the house 10
    Bring home the bacon 10, 105, 120
    Brush-off, get/give (someone) the 10
    Bug 10, 31, 76, 80


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