Hit the sack
If you hit the sack or alternatively hit the hay, it means you go to bed. Before the invention of the modern mattresses, they sued to be... Read more →
Bail out (of something)
1. To abandon a situation. Can the U.S. government continue to bail out troubled businesses. 2. To jump out of an airplane. Jack still remembers... Read more →
Bag of tricks
A collection of special techniques or methods. The teacher has a bag of tricks to keep her students occupied.
Bad-mouth (someone or something)
To say bad things about someone or something; usually behind their back. Do you consider it wrong for a good employee to bad-mouth his/her boss?
Bad hair day
A day when one's hair looks messy, a day of mishaps and other problems. The English professor is having a bad hair day. She looks really... Read more →
Bad blood (between people)
Unpleasant feelings between people. There was much bad blood between the three brothers.
Back-to-back
1. Something follows immediately after something else, consecutive, successive. 2. Two people touching backs. Because of the rain, there were... Read more →
Back up (someone or something) or back (someone or something) up
1. To support someone or something. The supervisor made a mistake and his manager refused to back him up. 2. To drive or go backwards. The... Read more →
Back to the salt mines
To return to work or return to something else that you do not want to do. We finished our lunch and went back to the salt mines.
Back to the drawing board
To go back and start a project or idea from the beginning. Our boss does not like our idea so we must go back to the drawing board.