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brush under the carpetTo hide, cover up or overlook something, usually a negative thingRate it:

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Buch mit sieben Siegelnsomething considered very hard to understandRate it:

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buckle underto reluctantly accept something, due to the pressure.Rate it:

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buff outto bring something to proper shape by removing or masking minor defects, by straightening out the residual shortcomings.Rate it:

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bug in one's bonnetSomething that makes someone act crazy or excites them or is of particular interest or concern to them; something that bothers or irritates someone; a lesser known version of the expression “bee in one’s bonnet”Rate it:

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bugger upTo break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc.Rate it:

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build into build something in the interior of an entityRate it:

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build on sandTo put something in an unstable position by failing to give it a secure foundation.Rate it:

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bump intoTo collide with something.Rate it:

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bump upTo increase something suddenly.Rate it:

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bumper cropA large yield; an excess of something.Rate it:

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bundle of laughsSomething or someone very funny or fun.Rate it:

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buried treasureSomething, having been concealed for a long time, which later is found and is profitable.Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo waste something in two directions at once.Rate it:

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burst outTo appear suddenly from within something else.Rate it:

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bust the dustTo clean dust off something, such as with a vacuum cleaner.Rate it:

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busy workWork or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.Rate it:

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butter someone upTo praise someone; to flatter someone to attain his/her favor, especially before asking them for somethingRate it:

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button one's lipTo remain silent, especially in order to keep a secret or to avoid saying something inappropriate.Rate it:

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Buy a Pig in a PokeTo buy something immediately without even examining itRate it:

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buy backto purchase something already sold, misplaced, destroyed or given awayRate it:

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buy outTo purchase the entire stock or extent of something.Rate it:

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buy timePurposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.Rate it:

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buy upTo buy the whole of, the totality of something.Rate it:

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buy upTo buy whatever is available of something.Rate it:

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buying timeTo purposely cause a delay to allow you to finish something.Rate it:

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by george, i think she's got itan expression used to express surprise or satisfaction when someone finally understands or accomplishes something; See also "By Jove, I think he's got it"Rate it:

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by jove, i think he's got itan expression used to express surprise or satisfaction when someone finally understands or accomplishes something; see also "By George, I think she's got it"Rate it:

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by the numbersTo do something exactly, precisely, or in a formulaic way.Rate it:

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by the wayIncidentally; a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.Rate it:

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c'è del marcio in Danimarcasomething is rotten in the state of DenmarkRate it:

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c'est de l'hébreuit's all Greek to me, a phrase indicating that something's impossible to understand.Rate it:

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c'est de la graine de niaisThat is something to deceive fools with.Rate it:

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c'est du chinoisit's all Greek to me, a phrase indicating that something is impossible to understand.Rate it:

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c'est du russeit's all Greek to me, a phrase indicating that something is impossible to understand.Rate it:

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c'est toujours çaThat is something, at any rate.Rate it:

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c'est un vieux loup de merHe is an old sea dog.Rate it:

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cake walkSomething extremely easy.Rate it:

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cakewalkSomething that is easy or simple, or that does not present a great challenge.Rate it:

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call (someone) out (on something)to challenge or expose someone that has done or is doing the wrong thing or to say something they said or did isn't right or trueRate it:

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call inTo withdraw something from sale or circulation.Rate it:

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call the tunetake control of something.Rate it:

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calling cardAn attribute, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.Rate it:

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camel through the eye of a needleHyperbole to illustrate that something is almost impossible to do or to happen.Rate it:

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camp outTo wait in a spot for something expected to occur.Rate it:

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can itTo silence; to quit doing something; to put an end to something.Rate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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can't helpIs unable to avoid a situation, or stop something from happening.Rate it:

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canary in a coal mineSomething whose sensitivity to adverse conditions makes it a useful early indicator of such conditions; something which warns of the coming of greater danger or trouble by a deterioration in its health or welfare.Rate it:

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cancel outTo neutralize the effect of something.Rate it:

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