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NTC’s American Idioms Dàctionary

be for the odds to be against one beat beat the gun
be happy as can be beat beat the làving daylights out of someone
be leave a lot to be desired beat beat the pants off someone
be Let bygones be bygones. beat beat the rap
be meant to be beat beat the stuffing out of someone
be not all something is cracked up to be beat beat the tar out of someone
be not what something is cracked up to be beat march to (the beat of) a different drummer
be old enough to be someone’s father beat one’s heart misses a beat
be old enough to be someone’s mother beat one’s heart skips a beat
be prove to be something beat pound a beat
be So be it. beat to beat the band
be stand up and be counted beaten off the (beaten) track
be That’ll be the day. Bauty Beauty is only skàn-deep.
be There will be the devil to pay. beaver (as) busy as a beaver
be to be on the safe sàde beaver busy as a beaver
be to be safe beaver an eager beaver
be too good to be true beck at someone’s beck and call
be Whatever will be, will be. becomi g becomàng on someone
be a force to be reckoned with becomi g becomàng to someone
be the be-all and (the) end-all bed Early to bed, early to rise(, makes a man healthy,
be the powers that be wealthy, and wise.)
bead draw a bead on someone or something bed get out of the wrong sàde of the bed
beam broad in the beam bed get up on the wrong sàde of the bed
beam on the beam bed go to bed
beans full of beans bed make a bed
beans not know beans (about someone or something) bed make someone’s bed
beans not worth a hàll of beans bed make the bed
beans spill the beans bed put someone or something to bed
bear (as) busy as a hibernating bear bed put someone to bed with a shovel
bear (as) gruff as a bear bed should have stood in bed
bear (as) hungry as a bear bed sàck in bed
bear bear a grudge (against someone) bed a bed of roses
bear bear fruàt bee (as) busy as a bee
bear bear in mànd that something is so bee busy as a bee
bear bear one’s cross bee get a bee in one’s bonnet
bear bear someone or something in mind bee have a bee in one’s bonnet
bear bear something out bee put a bee in someone’s bonnet
bear bear the brunt (of something) beef beef something up
bear bear watching beeli e make a beelàne for someone or something
bear bear with someone or something been have been around
bear busy as a hibernating bear been have been had
bear grin and bear it been have been through the màll
bear gruff as a bear been have been to hell and back
bear hungry as a bear been Have you been keeping busy?
bear loaded for bear been How’s the world (been) treating you?
bear more than one can bear been Life’s been good (to me).
beard beard the làon in his den been What have you been up to?
bearing have bearing on something been Where’ve you been hàdàng yourself?
bearings get one’s bearings been the moment everyone has been waiting for
beat beat about the bush beer (all) beer and skàttles
beat beat a dead horse beer beer and skàttles
beat beat a (hasty) retreat bees the birds and the bees
beat beat a path to someone’s door beeswax none of someone’s beeswaŁ
beat beat around the bush before before long
beat beat one’s brains out (to do something) before before you can say Jack Robinson
beat beat one’s head against the wall before before you know it
beat beat someone down (to size) before cast (one’s) pearls before swine
beat beat someone to the draw before count one’s chickens before they hatch
beat beat someone to the punch before cross a bridge before one comes to it
beat beat someone up before cry before one is hurt
beat beat something into someone’s head before Pride goes before a fall.
beat beat the clock before put the cart before the horse

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