Idioms B

Question 0

The back and beyond

Answer 0

A place far away from a centre where many people live

Question 1

Back and forth

Answer 1

Repeatedly in one and then in another direction

Question 2

Back to the grindstone

Answer 2

Back to work

Question 3

Bag and baggage

Answer 3

With everything a person owns(used especially when a person is leaving a place)

Question 4

The ball is in someone’s court

Answer 4

It is someone’s turn to take action

Question 5

Bang your head against a brick wall

Answer 5

To waste one’s effort by trying to do something impossible

Question 6

Bark up the wrong tree

Answer 6

To direct one’s efforts, complaints, etc. in the wrong directions

Question 14

(Not) bat an eyelid

Answer 14

Not to show any signs of emotion

Question 15

Be anybody’s guess

Answer 15

To be uncertain

Question 16

Be at someone’s beck and call

Answer 16

Ready or forced to obey the orders, wishes

Question 17

Be in care

Answer 17

To be looked after by the state

Question 18

Be on cloud nine

Answer 18

To be very happy

Question 19

Be snowed under

Answer 19

To have so much work to do that you can’t manage

Question 20

Beat around the bush

Answer 20

To delay talking about the most important part of discussion

Question 21

Beat someone at their own game

Answer 21

To do better than a person in his own work or activities

Question 22

A bee in your bonnet

Answer 22

An idea or subject that one cannot stop thinking about , especially that is not shared by others

Question 23

Behind someone’s back

Answer 23

Without the knowledge of the person concerned

Question 24

Behind bars

Answer 24

In prison

Question 25

Behind the times

Answer 25

Not fashionable, usual

Question 26

Bend over backwards

Answer 26

Make a great effort

Question 27

As blind as a bat

Answer 27

Unable to see at all

Question 28

Break the back of

Answer 28

To complete or do the most difficult or largest part of a job

Question 29

Bring home the bacon

Answer 29

To succeed in doing something, for example, earning money to support your family

Question 30

Bring out the best in someone

Answer 30

To cause the best part of someone to become more humble

Question 31

In broad daylight

Answer 31

In the daytime, when an act that is unlawful, especially robbery, is able to be seen or discovered

Question 32

Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth

Answer 32

Someone has the look of a well-behaved, honest person(usually used when the speaker thinks the person is not so harmless as he looks)

Question 33

By all means

Answer 33

Certainly; yes(used to give permission or agree to a request)

Question 34

By any chance

Answer 34

Perhaps