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ΠΠ²ΡΠΎΡ Adam Makkai
[blackout]{n.} 1. The darkening of a city curing an air raid by pulling down all curtains and putting out all street lights. β’/The city of London went through numerous blackouts during World War II./ 2. A cessation of news by the mass media. β’/There was a total news blackout about the kidnapping of the prime minister./
[black out]{v.} 1. To darken by putting out or dimming lights, β’/In some plays the stage is blacked out for a short time and the actors speak in darkness./ β’/In wartime, cities are blacked out to protect against bombing from planes./ 2. To prevent or silence information or communication; refuse to give out truthful news. β’/In wartime, governments often black out all news or give out false news./ β’/Dictators usually black out all criticism of the government./ β’/Some big games are blacked out on television to people who live nearby./ 3. {informal} To lose consciousness; faint. β’/It had been a hard and tiring day, and she suddenly blacked out./
[black sheep]{n.} A person in a family or a community considered unsatisfactory or disgraceful. β’/My brother Ted is a high school dropout who joined a circus; he is the black sheep in our family./
[blame] See: TO BLAME.
[blank check]{n.} 1. A bank check written to a person who can then write in how much money he wants. β’/Johnβs father sent him a blank check to pay his school bills./ 2. {informal} Permission to another person to do anything he decides to do. β’/The teacher gave the pupils a blank check to plan the picnic./
[blanket] See: WET BLANKET.
[blast off]{v.} 1. To begin a rocket flight. β’/The astronaut will blast off into orbit at six oβclock./ 2. Also [blast away] {informal} To scold or protest violently. β’/The coach blasted off at the team for poor playing./
[blaze a trail]{v. phr.} 1. To cut marks in trees in order to guide other people along a path or trail, especially through a wilderness. β’/Daniel Boone blazed a trail for other hunters to follow in Kentucky./ 2. To lead the way; make a discovery; start something new. β’/Henry Ford blazed a trail in manufacturing automobiles./ β’/The building of rockets blazed a trail to outer space./ See: TRAILBLAZER.
[bleep out] See: BLIP OUT.
[bless oneβs heart]{v. phr.} To thank someone; consider one the cause of something good that has happened. β’/Aunt Jane, bless her heart, left me half a million dollars!/
[blessing] See: MIXED BLESSING.
[blind] See: FLY BLIND.
[blind alley]{n.} 1. A narrow street that has only one entrance and no exit. β’/The blind alley ended in a brick wall./ 2. A way of acting that leads to no good results. β’/John did not take the job because it was a blind alley./ β’/Tom thought of a way to do the algebra problem, but he found it was a blind alley./
[blind as a bat/beetle/mole/owl]{adj. phr.} Anyone who is blind or has difficulty in seeing; a person with very thick glasses. β’/Without my glasses I am blind as a bat./
[blind date]{n.} An engagement or date arranged by friends for people who have not previously known one another. β’/A blind date can be a huge success, or a big disappointment./
[blind leading the blind] One or more people who do not know or understand something trying to explain it to others who do not know or understand. β’/Jimmy is trying to show Bill how to skate. The blind are leading the blind./
[blind spot]{n.} 1. A place on the road that a driver cannot see in the rearview mirror. β’/I couldnβt see that truck behind me, Officer, because it was in my blind spot./ 2. A matter or topic a person refuses to discuss or accept. β’/My uncle Ted has a real blind spot about religion./
[blink] See: ON THE BLINK.
[blip out] or [bleep out] {v. phr.}, {informal} To delete electronically a word on television or on radio either because it mentions the name of an established firm in a commercial or because it is a censored word not allowed for television audiences, resulting in a sound resembling the word "bleep." β’/What was the old product they compared Spic-n-Span to?βββI donβt know; theyβve bleeped it out./
[blitz] See: SAFETY BLITZ.
[block] See: CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK, KNOCK ONEβS BLOCK OFF, ON THE BLOCK.
[blockhead]{n.}, {informal} An unusually dense, or stupid person whose head is therefore exaggeratedly compared to a solid block of wood. β’/Joe is such a blockhead that he flunked every course as a freshman./
[blood] See: DRAW BLOOD, FLESH AND BLOOD, IN COLD BLOOD, IN ONEβS BLOOD or INTO ONEβS BLOOD, MAKE ONEβS BLOOD BOIL or MAKE THE BLOOD BOIL, NEW BLOOD, OUT OF ONEβS BLOOD, RUN IN THE BLOOD or RUN IN THE FAMILY, SPORTING BLOOD, SWEAT BLOOD, WARM ONEβS BLOOD.
[blood and thunder]{n. phr.} The violence and bloodshed of stories that present fast action rather than understanding of character. β’/Crime movies and westerns usually have lots of blood and thunder./βββOften used like an adjective. β’/John likes to watch blood-and-thunder stories on television./
[blood freezes] See: BLOOD RUNS COLD.
[blood is thicker than water] Persons of the same family are closer to one another than to others; relatives are favored or chosen over outsiders. β’/Mr. Jones hires his relatives to work in his store. Blood is thicker than water./
[blood runs cold] also [blood freezes] or [blood turns to ice] You are chilled or shivering from great fright or horror; you are terrified or horrified.βββUsually used with a possessive. β’/The horror movie made the childrenβs blood run cold./ β’/Maryβs blood froze when she had to walk through the cemetery at night./ β’/Oscarβs blood turned to ice when he saw the shadow pass by outside the window./ Compare: HAIR STAND ON END, THE CREEPS.
[blood turns to ice] See: BLOOD RUNS COLD.
[bloody] See: SCREAM BLOODY MURDER.
[blot out]{v. phr.} 1. To obstruct; cover; obscure. β’/The high-rise building in front of our apartment house blots out the view of the ocean./ 2. To wipe out of oneβs memory. β’/Jane canβt remember the details when she was attacked in the streets; she blotted it out of her memory./
[blow] See: AT A BLOW, BODY BLOW, COME TO BLOWS, ITβS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD, WAY THE WIND BLOWS or HOW THE WIND BLOWS.
[blow a fuse] or [blow a gasket] or [blow oneβs top] or [blow oneβs stack] {v. phr.}, {slang} To become extremely angry; express rage in hot words. β’/When Mr. McCarthyβs son got married against his wishes, he blew a fuse./ β’/When the umpire called Joe out at first, Joe blew his top and was sent to the showers./ Syn.: BLOW UP(1b), FLIP ONEβS LID, LOSE ONEβS TEMPER. Compare: BLOW OFF STEAM(2).
[blow great guns] See: GREAT GUNS.
[blow hot and cold]{v. phr.} To change your ways or likes often; be fickle or changeable. β’/Tom blows hot and cold about coming out for the baseball team; he cannot decide./ β’/Mary blew hot and cold about going to college; every day she changed her mind./ β’/The boys will get tired of Annβs blowing hot and cold./
[blow in]{v.}, {slang} To arrive unexpectedly or in a carefree way. β’/The house was already full of guests when Bill blew in./ Compare SHOW UP(3).
[blow into]{v.}, {slang} To arrive at (a place) unexpectedly or in a carefree way. β’/Bill blows into college at the last minute after every vacation./ β’/Why Tom, when did you blow into town?/
[blow off steam] See: LET OFF STEAM.
[blow oneβs brains out]{v. phr.} 1. To shoot yourself in the head. β’/Mr. Jones lost all his wealth, so he blew his brains out./ 2. {slang} To work very hard; overwork yourself. β’/The boys blew their brains out to get the stage ready for the play./ β’/Mary is not one to blow her brains out./ Compare: BREAK ONEβS NECK.
[blow oneβs cool]{v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To lose your composure or self-control. β’/Whatever you say to the judge in court, make sure that you donβt blow your cool./
[blow oneβs lines] or [fluff oneβs lines] {v. phr.}, {informal} To forget the words you are supposed to speak while acting in a play. β’/The noise backstage scared Mary and she blew her lines./
[blow oneβs mind]{v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}; {originally from the drug culture} 1. To become wildly enthusiastic over something as if understanding it for the first time in an entirely new light. β’/Read Lyall Watsonβs book "Supernature", it will simply blow your mind!/ 2. To lose oneβs ability to function, as if due to an overdose of drugs, β’/Joe is entirely incoherentβββhe seems to have blown his mind./ Contrast: BLOW ONEβS COOL.
[blow oneβs own horn] or [toot oneβs own horn] {v. phr.}, {slang} To praise yourself; call attention to your own skill, intelligence, or successes; boast. β’/People get tired of a man who is always blowing his own horn./ β’/A person who does things well does not have to toot his own horn; his abilities will be noticed by others./
[blow oneβs top]{v. phr.} To become very excited, angry, hysterical, or furious. β’/"No need to blow your top, Al," his wife said, "just because you lost a few dollars."/
[blow out]{v. phr.} 1. To cease to function; fail; explode (said of tires and fuses). β’/The accident occurred when Jimβs tire blew out on the highway./ β’/The new dishwasher blew out the fuses in the whole house./ 2. To extinguish. β’/Jane blew out her birthday cake candles before offering pieces to the guests./
[blowout]{n.} 1. An explosion of a tire or a fuse. β’/Jimβs van veered sharply to the right after his car had a blowout./ 2. A big party. β’/After graduation from college, my son and his friends staged a huge blowout./
[blow over]{v.} To come to an end; pass away with little or no bad effects. β’/The sky was black, as if a bad storm were coming, but it blew over and the sun came out./ β’/They were bitter enemies for a while, but the quarrel blew over./ β’/He was much criticized for the divorce, but it all blew over after a few years./
[blow taps]{v. phr.} To sound the final bugle call of the evening in a camp or military base. β’/After taps is blown the boy scouts go to their bunks to sleep./
[blow the gaff]{v. phr.} To open oneβs mouth to reveal a secret. β’/When Al cheated on his wife, his younger brother blew the gaff on him./
[blow the lid off]{v. phr.}, {informal} Suddenly to reveal the truth about a matter that has been kept as a secret either by private persons or by some governmental agency. β’/The clever journalists blew the lid off the Watergate cover-up./
[blow the whistle on]{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To inform against; betray. β’/The police caught one of the bank robbers, and he blew the whistle on two more./ 2. To act against, stop, or tell people the secrets of (crime or lawlessness). β’/The mayor blew the whistle on gambling./ β’/The police blew the whistle on hot reading./
[blow up]{v.} 1a. To break or destroy or to be destroyed by explosion. β’/He blew up the plane by means of a concealed bomb./ β’/The fireworks factory blew up when something went wrong in an electric switch./ 1b. {informal} To explode with anger or strong feeling; lose control of yourself. β’/When Father bent the nail for the third time, he blew up./ Compare: BLOW A FUSE. 1c. To stop playing well in a game or contest, usually because you are in danger of losing or are tired; {especially}: To lose skill or control in pitching baseball. β’/The champion blew up and lost the tennis match./ β’/Our team was behind but the pitcher on the other team blew up and we got the winning runs./ 2. {informal} To be ruined as if by explosion; be ended suddenly. β’/The whole scheme for a big party suddenly blew up./ 3a. To pump full of air; inflate. β’/He blew his tires up at a filling station./ 3b. To make (something) seem bigger or important. β’/It was a small thing to happen but the newspapers had blown it up until it seemed important./ 4. To bring on bad weather; also, to come on as bad weather. β’/The wind had blown up a storm./ β’/A storm had blown up./ 5. To copy in bigger form; enlarge. β’/He blew up the snapshot to a larger size./