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ΠΠ²ΡΠΎΡ Adam Makkai
[burn in effigy] See: HANG IN EFFIGY.
[burn oneβs bridges] also [burn oneβs boats] {v. phr.} To make a decision that you cannot change; remove or destroy all the ways you can get back out of a place you have got into on purpose; leave yourself no way to escape a position. β’/Bob was a good wrestler but a poor boxer. He burned his boats by letting Mickey choose how they would fight./ β’/When Dorothy became a nun, she burned her bridges behind her./
[burn oneβs fingers]{v. phr.}, {informal} To get in trouble doing something and fear to do it again; learn caution through an unpleasant experience. β’/He had burned his fingers in the stock market once, and didnβt want to try again./ β’/Some people canβt be told; they have to burn their fingers to learn./
[burn out]{v. phr.} 1. To destroy by fire or by overheating. β’/Mr. Jones burned out the clutch on his car./ 2. To destroy someoneβs house or business by fire so that they have to move out. β’/Three racists burned out the Black familyβs home./ 3a. To go out of order; cease to function because of long use or overheating. β’/The light bulb in the bathroom burned out, and Father put in a new one./ β’/The electric motor was too powerful, and it burned out a fuse./ 3b. To break, tire, or wear out by using up all the power, energy, or strength of. β’/Bill burned himself out in the first part of the race and could not finish./ β’/The farmer burned out his field by planting the same crop every year for many years./
[burn-out]{n.} A point of physical or emotional exhaustion. β’/There are so many refugees all over the world that charitable organizations as well as individuals are suffering from donor burn-out./
[burn rubber]{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To start up a car or a motorcycle from dead stop so fast that the tires leave a mark on the road. β’/The neighborhood drag racers burned a lot of rubberβββlook at the marks on the road!/ 2. To leave in a hurry. β’/I guess I am going to have to burn rubber./
[burnt child dreads the fire] or [once bitten, twice shy] A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again.βββA proverb. β’/Once Mary had got lost when her mother took her downtown. But a burnt child dreads the fire, so now Mary stays close to her mother when they are downtown./
[burn the candle at both ends]{v. phr.} To work or play too hard without enough rest; get too tired. β’/He worked hard every day as a lawyer and went to parties and dances every night; he was burning the candle at both ends./
[burn the midnight oil]{v. phr.} To study late at night. β’/Exam time was near, and more and more pupils were burning the midnight oil./
[bum to a crisp]{v. phr.} To burn black; burn past saving or using especially as food. β’/While getting breakfast, Mother was called to the telephone, and when she got back, the bacon had been burned to a crisp./
[burn up]{v.} 1. To burn completely; destroy or be destroyed by fire. β’/Mr. Scott was burning up old letters./ β’/The house burned up before the firemen got there./ 2. {informal} To irritate, anger, annoy. β’/The boyβs laziness and rudeness burned up his teacher./ β’/The breakdown of his new car burned Mr. Jones up./
[burn up the road]{v. phr.}, {informal} To drive a car very fast. β’/In his eagerness to see his girl again, he burned up the road on his way to see her./ β’/Speed demons burning up the road often cause accidents./
[burst at the seams]{v. phr.}, {informal} To be too full or too crowded. β’/John ate so much he was bursting at the seams./ β’/Maryβs album was so full of pictures it was bursting at the seams./
[burst into]{v. phr.} 1. To enter suddenly. β’/Stuart burst into the room, screaming angrily./ 2. To break out. β’/The crowd burst out cheering when the astronauts paraded along Fifth Avenue./
[burst into flames]{v. phr.} To begin to burn suddenly. β’/The children threw away some burning matches and the barn burst into flames./
[burst into tears]{v. phr.} To suddenly start crying. β’/Mary burst into tears when she heard that her brother was killed in a car accident./
[burst with joy] or [pride] {v. phr.} To be so full of the feeling of joy or pride that one cannot refrain from showing oneβs exuberant feelings. β’/Armstrong and Aldrin burst with pride when they stepped out on the moon in July, 1969./
[bury oneβs head in the sand] See: HIDE ONEβS HEAD IN THE SAND.
[bury the hatchet]{v. phr.}, {informal} To settle a quarrel or end a war; make peace. β’/The two men had been enemies a long time, but after the flood they buried the hatchet./ Compare: MAKE UP(5).
[bus] See: MISS THE BOAT or MISS THE BUS.
[bush] See: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.
[bushel] See: HIDE ONEβS LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL.
[bushes] See: BEAT THE BUSHES.
[business] See: DO THE BUSINESS, HAVE NO BUSINESS, LAND-OFFICE BUSINESS, MEAN BUSINESS, MONKEY BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS.
[bust up]{v. phr.}, {slang} To terminate a partnership, a relationship, a friendship, or a marriage. β’/If Jack keeps drinking the way he does, it will bust up his marriage to Sue./
[busy work]{n.} Work that is done not to do or finish anything important, but just to keep busy. β’/When the teacher finished all she had to say it was still a half hour before school was over. So she gave the class a test for busy work./
[but for] See: EXCEPT FOR.
[but good]{adv. phr.}, {informal} Very much so; thoroughly completely; forcefully.βββUsed for emphasis. β’/Jack called Charles a bad name, and Charles hit him, but good./ β’/Tom fell and broke his leg. That taught him but good not to fool around in high trees./ Compare: AND HOW.
[but not least] See: LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
[butter] See: BREAD AND BUTTER.
[butterflies in oneβs stomach]{n. phr.} A queer feeling in the stomach caused by nervous fear or uncertainty; a feeling of fear or anxiety in the stomach. β’/When Bob walked into the factory office to ask for a job, he had butterflies in his stomach./
[butter up]{v.}, {informal} To try to get the favor or friendship of (a person) by flattery or pleasantness. β’/He began to butter up the boss in hope of being given a better job./ Compare: POLISH THE APPLE.
[butter wouldnβt melt in oneβs mouth]{informal} You act very polite and friendly but do not really care, you are very nice to people but are not sincere. β’/The new secretary was rude to the other workers, but when she talked to the boss, butter wouldnβt melt in her mouth./
[butt in]{v.}, {slang} To join in with what other people are doing without asking or being asked; interfere in other peopleβs business; meddle. β’/Mary was explaining to Jane how to knit a sweater when Barbara butted in./ Often used with "on". β’/John butted in on Bill and Tomβs fight, and got hurt./ Compare: HORN IN.
[button] See: HAVE ALL ONEβS BUTTONS, ON THE BUTTON, PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON.
[button down]{v.}, {slang} (stress on "down") To state precisely, to ascertain, to pin down, to peg down. β’/First letβs get the facts buttoned down, then we can plan ahead./
[button-down]{attrib. adj.}, {slang} (stress on "button") Well-groomed, conservatively dressed. β’/Joe is a regular button-down type./
[buttonhole]{v.} To approach a person in order to speak with him or her in private. β’/After waiting for several hours, Sam managed to buttonhole his boss just as she was about to leave the building./
[button oneβs lip] also [zip oneβs lip] {v. phr.}, {slang} To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. β’/The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip./ β’/John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip buttoned./ Syn.: KEEP ONEβS MOUTH SHUT, SHUT UP.
[buy for a song]{v. phr.} To buy something very cheaply. β’/Since the building on the corner was old and neglected, I was able to buy it for a song./
[buy off]{v.} To turn from duty or purpose by a gift. β’/When the police threatened to stop the gambling business, the owner bought them off./ β’/The Indians were going to burn the cabins, but the men bought them off with gifts./ Compare: PAY OFF.
[buy out]{v.} 1. To buy the ownership or a share of; purchase the stock of. β’/He bought out several small stockholders. 2. To buy all the goods of; purchase the merchandise of./ β’/Mr. Harper bought out a nearby hardware store./ Contrast: SELL OUT.
[buy up]{v. phr.} To purchase the entire stock of something. β’/The company is trying to buy up all the available shares./
[buzz] See: GIVE A RING also GIVE A BUZZ.
[buzz word]{n.} A word that sounds big and important in a sentence but, on closer inspection, means little except the speakerβs indication to belong to a certain group. β’/The politicianβs speech was nothing but a lot of misleading statements and phony promises hidden in a bunch of buzz words./
[by] See: TOO --- BY HALF.
[by a hair] See: HANG BY A THREAD or HANG BY A HAIR
[by] or [in my book] {adv. phr.} In my opinion; as far as I am concerned; in my judgment. β’/By my book, Mr. Murgatroyd is not a very good department head./
[by all means] also [by all manner of means] {adv. phr.} Certainly, without fail. β’/He felt that he should by all means warn Jones./ Contrast: BY NO MEANS.
[by all odds]{adv. phr.} Without question; certainly. β’/He was by all odds the strongest candidate./ β’/By all odds we should win the game, because the other team is so weak./ Compare: FAR AND AWAY.
[by a long shot]{adv. phr.}, {informal} By a big difference; by far.βββUsed to add emphasis. β’/Bert was the best swimmer in the race, by a long shot./ Often used with a negative. β’/Tom isnβt the kind who would be fresh to a teacher, by a long shot./ β’/Our team didnβt winβββnot by a long shot./ Compare: MISS BY A MILE.
[by a mile] See: MISS BY A MILE.
[by and by]{adv.} After a while; at some time in the future; later. β’/Roger said he would do his homework by and by./ β’/The mother knew her baby would be a man by and by and do a manβs work./ Syn.: AFTER A WHILE.
[by and large]{adv. phr.} As it most often happens; more often than not; usually; mostly. β’/There were bad days, but it was a pleasant summer, by and large./ β’/By and large, women can bear pain better than men./ Syn.: FOR THE MOST PART, ON THE WHOLE(2).
[by any means] See: BY NO MEANS.
[by a thread] See: HANG BY A THREAD.
[by chance]{adv. phr.} Without any cause or reason; by accident; accidentally. β’/Tom met Bill by chance./ β’/The apple fell by chance on Bobbyβs head./
[by choice]{adv. phr.} As a result of choosing because of wanting to; freely. β’/John helped his father by choice./ β’/Mary ate a plum, but not by choice. Her mother told her she must eat it./
[by dint of]{prep.} By the exertion of; by the use of; through. β’/By dint of sheer toughness and real courage, he lived through the jungle difficulties and dangers./ β’/His success in college was largely by dint of hard study./
[bye] See: BY THE WAY also BY THE BYE.
[by ear]{adv. phr.} 1. By sound, without ever reading the printed music of the piece being played. β’/The church choir sang the hymns by ear./ 2. Waiting to see what will happen. β’/I donβt want to plan now; letβs just play it by ear./
[by far]{adv. phr.} By a large difference; much. β’/His work was better by far than that of any other printer in the city./ β’/The old road is prettier, but it is by far the longer way./ Compare: FAR AND AWAY.