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bio queenA biologically female performance artist who performs in female drag at drag shows, or acts like a drag queen. Essentially a woman pretending to be a man who is mimicking or parodying another woman.Rate it:

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bitch offTo complain or criticiseRate it:

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bitch outTo back out of an agreement for any reason.Rate it:

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bitch slappedThe act of slapping someone's face with the back of one's handRate it:

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bite offTo accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.Rate it:

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bite offTo acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner.Rate it:

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bite off more than one can chewTo try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.Rate it:

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Bite Off More Than You Can ChewTo take on something more than of its actual capacity, a person, who tries to accomplish too much, or is greedy by nature, or overconfident or too much motivated, taking more responsibility or task that a person can manageRate it:

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bite someone's head offTo severely berate someone.Rate it:

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blast offto beginRate it:

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blindAny device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.Rate it:

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block offTo book, set aside.Rate it:

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block offTo obstruct.Rate it:

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blood in the waterIn a competitive situation, the exhibition of apparent weakness or vulnerability by one party, especially when this leads to a feeling of vulnerability or greater pressure to perform on the part of the weak party, and/or enhanced expectation of victory by the other(s).Rate it:

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blood in the waterAlternative spelling of Blood in the Water.Rate it:

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blood is thicker than waterFamily relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.1866, Anthony Trollope, The Belton Estate, ch. 30,Blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?circa 1915, Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Scotch Twins, ch. 5,The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!Rate it:

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Blood is Thicker than WaterThere is no other replacement for blood relations. What a person from your family or relatives can do for you, will not be done by strangers in a good senseRate it:

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bloom is off the peachAlternative form of bloom is off the roseRate it:

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bloom is off the roseThe person, object, or situation identified in the context has lost its novelty, freshness, appeal, or acceptability.Rate it:

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bloom is off the roseBusiness is not going well for a particular identified firm or industry, or the overall economy has taken a downturn.Rate it:

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blow offTo shoot something with a gun, causing it to come disconnected.Rate it:

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blow offTo pass gas; to break wind.Rate it:

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blow offTo vent, usually, to reduce pressure in a container.Rate it:

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blow off steamTo rant or shout in order to relieve stress; to vent.Rate it:

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blow someone out of the waterTo trounce; to defeat someone thoroughly, at a game or in battle.Rate it:

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blow the lid offTo uncover (a secret or scandal)Rate it:

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blown out of the waterthoroughly and decisively defeated, proven wrong, or discredited.Rate it:

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blush is off the peachAlternative form of bloom is off the roseRate it:

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blush is off the roseAlternative form of bloom is off the roseRate it:

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body of waterAny significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as a river, lake or a bay.Rate it:

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body of waterUsed other than as an idiom: see body, of, water.Rate it:

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bog offTo leave, to go away.Rate it:

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böhmische Dörferdouble Dutch, all Greek, like a foreign languageRate it:

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boil offto remove by boilingRate it:

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boil offto be removes by boilingRate it:

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boire comme un trou (une éponge)To drink like a fish.Rate it:

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boire secTo drink hard; To drink wine neat (without adding water).Rate it:

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boire un bouillon (lit.)To swallow water (when swimming); To swallow a bitter pill; To lose a lot of money.Rate it:

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bon chien chasse de raceLike sire, like son; Cat after kind.Rate it:

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bon sang ne peut mentirGood breeding always shows itself; Like father, like son.Rate it:

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boo booshort for Boo Boo Bear, cartoon character Yogi Bear's sidekick from the show Huckleberry Hound, 1958; this phrase is capitalized. It means something different when not capitalized; See also: boo booRate it:

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border onTo be almost like some other thing.Rate it:

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bottom edgeA deflection of a ball off of the bottom edge of a bat, onto the ground and potentially into the wicket.Rate it:

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bottom feederA fish or other aquatic creature that feeds off the bottom of its habitat; a flatfish.Rate it:

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bottom fishingFishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.Rate it:

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bounce backTo recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.Rate it:

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bounce offto test (ideas) on someoneRate it:

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bounce off the wallsTo be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.Rate it:

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bouncing off the wallsMoving hyperactively.Rate it:

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bow and scrapeA deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.Rate it:

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