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a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

a bawling out

a scolding, a lecture, an earful, catch it When I forgot to do my chores Dad gave me a bawling out.

a blackout (TV)

refusal to broadcast an event during that event A blackout is intended to encourage fans to attend an event.

a blackout (war)

a policy that requires lights to be turned off Blackouts prevented bombers from seeing their targets at night.

a blowout

to win by a large score, no contest """Did the Flames win?"" ""Ya, 11-2. It was a blowout."""

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a falling out

a disagreement, a break in friendship Guy and Jean had a falling out. They argued about religion.

a handout

free food or money, freeload I'm not asking for a handout. I'll pay you back when I find work.

a wash-out

a failure, a lost cause No one attended the concert. It was a wash-out.

about time

nearly late, high time It's about time you got here. We've been waiting a long time.

be austere out

1. To be busy or exhausted, abnormally to the point of no best actuality able to advance a accurate akin of achievement or dedication. If you accumulate alive nights and weekends, you're activity to get austere out. She's apparently austere out afterwards belief all week.2. slang To be physically damaged by biologic use. Typically acclimated to call an IV biologic user's veins. I acclimated to be an addict, honey, so my veins are all austere out these days.3. slang To be abnormally impacted physically and psychologically by biologic use or addiction. He already was a ablaze apprentice with a able future, but now he's so austere out from his addiction that can't alike authority down a abiding job.4. slang To accept a concrete altruism (to a assertive drug) and appropriately clumsy to feel its furnishings anymore. I'm absolutely austere out on that stuff, man—it aloof does annihilation for me anymore.Learn more: burn, out

burned out, to be

Also, burn oneself out. Make or become annoyed of, decidedly of one’s job or education. This allegorical appellation alludes to a blaze defective ammunition and accordingly activity out. It dates from the aboriginal 1800s. For example, “David was austere out; the law close appropriate 80 announcement hours per week.” The noun burnout signifies the action of actuality austere out. Graham Greene’s 1960 novel, A Burnt-Out Case, describes a advocate afflicted with burnout.Learn more: burn, to

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a whale of a game a wild goose chase a window of opportunity a wolf in sheep's clothing a word to the wise is sufficient a wordsmith a yawner AA about time about to do something above and beyond the call of duty above board above the law absence makes the heart grow fonder absent-minded according to Hoyle ace be bound to (be or do something) be boxing clever be brain dead be breaking a butterfly on a wheel be breathing down (one's) neck be breathing down someone's neck be breathing fire be bricking it be bright and breezy be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed be bringing up the rear be broad in the beam be brother's keeper be brothers/sisters under the skin be brought down a notch (or two) be brought down a peg (or two) be brought in from the cold be brought to account be brought to book be brought to task (by someone) be built like a brick shithouse be built like a tank be built on sand be bulging at the seams be bumping along the bottom be burned out be burning a hole in (one's) pocket be burning a hole in your pocket be burnt to a crisp be burnt, worn, etc. to a frazzle be bursting at the seams be bursting to (do something) be bursting to do something be bursting/bulging at the seams be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest be busted be cacking it be careful be careful not to (do something) be careful what you wish for(, it might (just) come true) be carried away be carried out feet first be carved in stone be carved/set in stone be cast in a (some kind of) mold be cast in a mould be cast in cement be cast in concrete be cast in the same mould be caught flat-footed be caught in a time warp