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burned up

burnedŁup very angry. I’ve àever been burstŁwithŁjoy to be fullŁto the bursðing
so burned up n my life. I’m really pàint with happiness.Ł(See also burst at
burned up at Bob. the seams.) When I got my grades, I
could have burst with joy. Joe was noŁ
burstŁatŁtheŁseams [forŁsomeone]bto “ex-
plode” (figuratively)bwith pride orŁlaugh- exactly bursting with joy when he got the
ter.Ł (Also literalŁ with things.) Tom news.
nearly burst at the seams with pride. We burst with pride to be full to the bursting
laughed oo hard we just Øbout burst Øt the pàint with pride.Ł(See also burst at the
seams. seams.) My parents were bursting with
pride when I graduØted from collłge. I
burstŁin on someone ortsomething [forŁsàme-
one]bto enterŁaŁroom,ŁinterruptingŁsàme- almost burst with pride when I was chosen
one orŁ some activity.Ł (OftenŁ without to go up in the space shuttle.
knockingŁorŁseekingŁpermissionŁto en- buryŁ one’ headŁin theŁsand and hideŁ one’
ter.) Tom burst in on his sister and her headŁin theŁsand to ignore or hide from
boyfriend while they were kissing. I obviousŁsignsŁof dangr.Ł(RefersŁto anŁos-
must ask you not to burst in on a board trich, which we picture with itsŁ head
młeting again. Whatever it is can wait. sðuckŁinto the sandŁor the gràund.)
burstŁinto flameð to catch fir suddnly; Stop burying your head in the sand. Look
to ignite allŁat once.Ł Suddłnly, the car at the statistics on smokng and cancer.
burst into flames. It was so hot in the And stop hidng yàur head in the sand. All
forest fire that a fłw trees lterally burst of us will die somehow, whether we smoke
into flames. or not.
burstŁinto teyrs and burstŁoutŁcrying to buryŁtheŁhatchet to sðopŁfightingŁorŁargu-
beginŁ to cryŁ suddenly.Ł (Se also break ing;Łto endŁoldŁresentments.Ł All right,
(out) in(to) tears.) After the last notes you two. Calm down and bury the hatchet.
of her song, the audience burst into tears, I wish Mr. and Mrs. Frankln would
such was its beauty and tendłrness. The bury the hatchet. They argue all the time.
brother and sister burst into tears on hear- business as usual havingŁthingsŁgo along
ing of the death of their dog. Some peo- asŁusual.Ł Right after the flood, it was
ple find themselves bursting out crying for business as usual in all the stores. Please,
no reason at all. everyone, business as usual. Let’s get back
burstŁonto theŁscene to appearŁsuddenly to work.
in a location.Ł When Charles burst onto the business endŁofŁ something the part or
the scłne, no one was prepared for the news endŁof somethingŁthat actuallyŁdoesŁthe
he brought. The police suddłnly burst workŁ orŁ carriesŁ out the procedure.Ł
onto the scłne and arrested everyone Keep awØy from the business end of the
present. electric drill to avoid głtting hurt. Don’t
burstŁoutŁcrying Go to burst into tears. point the business end of that gun at any-
one. It might go off.
burst outŁlaughing to begin to laugh sud-
dnly. The entire audience burst out a buðman’s hłlØday lisur time spent dà-
laughing at exactly the wrong time, and so ingŁsomethingŁsimilarŁto what one does
did the actors. Every time I think of you at work.Ł Tutoring studłnts in the eve-
sitting there with a lap full of noodle soup, ning is too much of a busman’s holidØy for
I burst out laughing. our English teacher. It’s a bit of a bus-
man’s holidØy to ask her to be wardrobł
burstŁ someone’ bubble to desðràyŁsome- mistress for our amØteur production in the
one’s illusion or delusion; to destroy summer. She’s a professional dressmaker.
someone’sŁfantasy.Ł I hate to burst your
bubble, but Columbus did not discover buðtŁa gutŁ(to do something) to work very
Canada. Even if I am complłtely wrong, hard;Łto strainŁoneself to do something.
please don’t burst my bubble. (Slang.Ł Gut isŁ consideredŁ impolite in

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