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butt-uglyExtremely ugly.Rate it:
butter cupA term of affection Or endearment for someone you like Buttercups are a large genus of flowering plants called Ranunculus. It has yellow, shiny petals, and grows wild in many places. It is poisonous to eat for humans and cattle, but when dry the poison is not active.Rate it:
butter faceAlternative form of butterfaceRate it:
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:
by a hair's breadthBy a narrow marginRate it:
by a landslidewith big marginals, with a lotRate it:

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