Terrifically big list of B clichés

Babe in the woods

Baby blues

Baby boomer

Back against the wall

Back breaker

Back from the dead

Back handed comment

Back in a sec

Back in the saddle

Back it up

Back seat driver

Back stabber

Back to square one

Back to the drawing board

Back to the salt mines

Backhanded compliment, A

Bad (Bum) wrap, A

Bad blood

Bad call

Bad hair day

Bad seed

Bad to the bone

bag and baggage

Bags all packed and ready to go

Bait and switch

Baked

Baker’s dozen, A

Bald faced liar

Ball is in your court, The

Ball of wax, The whole

Balls of steel/brass

Balls out

Balls to the wall

Banging your head against a brick wall

Bank on it

Baptism by fire

Bare bones

Barge right in

Barking up the wrong tree

Barn burner

Basket case

Bass Ackwards

Bat the idea around

Bats in the belfry

Batten down the hatches, lower the boom, raise the mizenmast: full speed ahead!

Be in the same boat

Be it ever so humble there’s no place like home

Be there or be square

Bear down

Beat a dead horse

Beat around the bush

Beat it!

Beat swords into ploughshares

Beat the bushes

Beat the street

Beats me

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Beauty is only skin deep

Bee in her bonnet

Been there, done that

Bee’s knees, The

Before you were the gleam in your father’s eye

Beggars can’t be choosers

Behind the eight ball

Behind the times

Belle of the ball, The

Bells and whistles have all the

Bend over

Bend over backwards

Best laid plans of mice and men, The

Best thing since sliced bread, The

Bet it all

Bet the farm

Bet your bottom dollar

Better half, The

Better late than never

Better light a candle than curse the darkness

Better safe than sorry

Better than a kick in the teeth

Better than ever

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don’t

Between a rock and a hard place be

Beware the ides of March

Big as a house

Big as life

Big brother is watching

Big cheese, The

Big head, A

Big heart

Big mouth

Big picture, The

Big wig

Bigger they are, the harder they fall, The

Biological clock is ticking, Her

Bird in a gilded cage, A

Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Birds of a feather flock together

Bite me

Bite off more than you can chew

Bite the bullet

Bite the dust

Bite your lip

Bite your tongue

Black as pitch

Black eye, A

Blast from the past

Blaze a new trail

Blew him away

Blew his wad

Blind as a bat

Blind date

Blind leading the blind

Blood is thicker than water

Blood money

Bloom is off the rose, The

Blow a gasket

Blow chow

Blow chunks

Blow it

Blow me down

Blow the whistle on

Blow this joint, Let’s

Blow your brains out

Blowing smoke (up my ass)

Blue Monday

Body is still warm, The

Body slam

Boils down to

Bombed

Bone chilling cold

Bone of contention

Bone to pick

Bone up on

Bored to tears

Born slippy

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth

Both barrels

Both feet (firmly planted) on the ground have

Bottom fell out, The

Bottom line

Bottom out

Bought (buy) the farm

Bounce back

Bowl someone over

Box of birds  New Zealand

Box of fluffy ducks  New Zealand

Box yourself in

Boxed in be

Boy howdy

Boys will be boys

Bragging rights

Brain drain

Brain dump

Bread winner

Break a leg

Break ranks

Break the ice

Bright as a button, As  Australia

Bright future have a

Bring home the bacon

Bring in the big guns

Bring it

Bring sand to the beach

Broke the bank

Brother, can you spare a dime?

Brown nose

Brush off (The)

Bubble shy of plumb

Buck naked

Buck stops here, The

Buck-a-roo

Buckle down

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door

Built like a brick shithouse

Bum steer

Bump in the road

Bump on a log, A

Bun in the oven

Bunny Boiler

Burn the candle at both ends

Burn the midnight oil

Burn your bridges

Burn your ships  Sweden

Bury the hatchet

Busier than a one armed paper hanger

Business as usual

Business at hand

Bust your balls

Bust your chops

Busted

Busting a gut

Busy as a bee, As

Busy as a one-legged man in an ass (butt) kicking contest

Butterflies in his stomach

Buy in to

Buy it for the price of a skinny chicken Venezuela

Buy something for a song

By the book

By the same token

By the seat of my pants

By the skin of my teeth

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