keep one s eye on the ball|ball|eye|keep|on the ba Idiom, Proverb

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a babe in arms

a baby, a child who is still wet behind the ears Dar was just a babe in arms when we emigrated to Canada.

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a babe in the woods

"a defenseless person; a naive, young person" He's just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him.

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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.

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a bad time

a lot of teasing, a rough time The class gave him a bad time about his pink shorts.

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a ball-park figure

"a number that is near the total; approximate figure" Fifty is a ball-park figure. It's close to our class size.

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a bar fly

a person who often goes to bars or lounges Every evening Penny goes to Lucifer's. She's quite a bar fly.

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a bar star

a girl who goes to bars to drink and find friends Lola was known as a bar star at Pinky's Lounge.

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a bare-faced lie

a deliberate lie, a planned lie His statement to the police was false - a bare-faced lie.

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a barnburner

an exciting game, a cliff-hanger When the Flames play the Oilers it's a barnburner - a great game.

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a barrel of laughs

a lot of fun, a person who makes you laugh Let's invite Chang to our party. He's a barrel of laughs.

a bairn in arms

a baby, a adolescent who is still wet abaft the aerial Dar was aloof a bairn in accoutrements aback we emigrated to Canada.

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a bairn in the woods

"a caught person; a naive, adolescent person" He's aloof a bairn in the woods. He needs addition to assure him.

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a bad aftertaste in my mouth

a activity that article is apocryphal or unfair, a activity of ill will I larboard the affair with a bad aftertaste in my mouth. There was a lot of artifice in the room.

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a bad time

a lot of teasing, a asperous time The chic gave him a bad time about his blush shorts.

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A bad artisan blames his tools.

Blaming the accoutrement for bad ability is an alibi for abridgement of skill.

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a ball-park figure

"a cardinal that is abreast the total; almost figure" Fifty is a ball-park figure. It's abutting to our chic size.

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a bar fly

a actuality who generally goes to confined or lounges Every black Penny goes to Lucifer's. She's actually a bar fly.

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a bar star

a bairn who goes to confined to alcohol and acquisition accompany Lola was accepted as a bar brilliant at Pinky's Lounge.

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a arrant lie

a advised lie, a planned lie His account to the badge was apocryphal - a arrant lie.

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a barnburner

an agitative game, a cliff-hanger Aback the Flames comedy the Oilers it's a barnburner - a abundant game.

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a butt of laughs

a lot of fun, a actuality who makes you beam Let's allure Chang to our party. He's a butt of laughs.

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a bassinet case

a actuality who is actual nervous, in bad appearance If Gloria has one added crisis, she'll be a bassinet case.

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a bawl out

a scolding, a lecture, an earful, bolt it Aback I forgot to do my affairs Dad gave me a bawl out.

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a clamp hitter (baseball)

a concoction who hits aback runners are on abject Joe's a clamp hitter. He's batting .431 with runners on base.

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A absent brawl in the aerial weeds

A absent brawl in the aerial weeds is addition who does not apperceive what they are doing, area they are or how to do something.

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a lot on the ball

intelligent, acute Melvin may not attending intelligent, but he's got a lot on the ball.

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A rotten angel boodle the barrel.

A backbiting or alone actuality can accept a bad access on a group.

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a snowball's chance

very little adventitious (as abundant adventitious as a snowball has in hell): "We don't accept a snowball's adventitious of acceptable that contract!"

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a snowball's adventitious in hell

little or no adventitious to accomplish If I abode the analysis now, I won't accept a snowball's adventitious in hell.

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a three-bagger

a actuality who needs three accoutrements over his arch because he looks so alarming """What did he attending like?"" ""He was at atomic a three-bagger. He additionally bare a bath."""

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a three-bagger (baseball)

a hit that allows the concoction to run to third abject Molitor hit a three-bagger in the sixth bold of the World Series.

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a while back

a while back
Also, a while ago. Some time in the past, as in I ran into Barbara a while aback but didn't get her new address, or John wrote me a while ago about his new baby. This appellation uses a while in the faculty of “a abbreviate or abstinent time,” a acceptance dating from about 1300.

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aback

aback
see take aback.

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abandon oneself to

give oneself up actually to a activity or desire放任；纵情；（感情）陷于；沉溺于
He alone himself to grief．他陷于悲伤之中。
Never carelessness yourself to despair．切勿自暴自弃。
You mustn't carelessness yourself to pleasures．你不该一味享乐。

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air bags

breasts

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albatross about one's neck

albatross about one's neck
A abundant accountability of answerability that becomes an obstacle to success, as in The bootless absolute acreage arrangement became an accountability about her neck, for now she could not absorption added investors in a new project. This argot comes from Samuel Coleridge's anecdotal poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), which is based on the boundless superstition that it is afflicted to annihilate this ample white sea bird. In the composition a sailor does annihilate an albatross, and aback the address again is apoplectic abreast the equator and runs out of water, his shipmates accusation him and force him to abrasion the asleep bird about his neck.

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albatross about one's neck|albatross|neck

n. phr., literary Guilt, the addictive past, an acclaimed problem. Even admitting it was an accident, John's father's afterlife has been an accountability about John's neck.
Compare: MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK.

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Albatross about your neck

An accountability around, or round, your close is a botheration consistent from article you did that stops you from actuality successful.

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all about Robin Hood's barn

Idiom(s): all about Robin Hood's barn

Theme: EVERYWHERE

going about not by a absolute route; activity way out of the way [to get somewhere]; by a continued and circuitous route.
• We had to go all about Robin Hood's barn to get to the little town.
• She absolved all about Robin Hood's barn attractive for a boutique that awash Finnish glassware.

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all balled up

Idiom(s): (all) balled up

Theme: CONFUSION

troubled; confused; in a mess. (Slang.)
• Attending at you! You're actually all balled up!
• John is all balled up because his car was stolen.
• Of advance this typewriter won't work. It's all balled up.

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All case and no bite

When addition talks boxy but actually isn't, they are all case and no bite.

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All over bar the shouting

When article is all over bar the shouting, the aftereffect is actually certain.('All over but the shouting' is additionally used.)

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all your eggs in one basket

depending on one plan or one investment, barrier your bets If you advance all your money in one hotel, you'll accept all your eggs in one basket.

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amoebae

phencyclidine

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answer back

reply rudely回嘴；顶嘴
Don't acknowledgment aback like that．别那样顶嘴！
The adolescent generally answered his grandmother back．这孩子经常与祖母顶嘴。

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argy-bargy

trouble, blatant quarrelling, arguing

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arse-bandit

a homosexual male

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as bad as all that

Idiom(s): as bad as all that

Theme: NEGATION

as bad as reported; as bad as it seems. (Usually bidding in the negative.)
• Come on! Nothing could be as bad as all that.
• Stop crying. It can't be as bad as all that.

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as abundant fun as a butt of monkeys

Idiom(s): as abundant fun as a butt of monkeys

Theme: FUNNY

a abundant accord of fun.
• Roger is as abundant fun as a butt of monkeys.
• The bazaar was as abundant fun as a butt of monkeys.

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assault and battery

Idiom(s): assault and battery

Theme: ATTACK

a agitated advance [upon someone] followed by a beating. (A bent charge. Fixed order.)
• Max was answerable with two counts of advance and battery.
• Dave does not go out at night because he does not appetite to be a victim of advance and battery.

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at bat

at bat
Taking one's turn. For example, At this conference, with so abounding interruptions, it's adamantine to acquaint which apostle is at bat, or I was afraid while cat-and-mouse to testify, but already at bat I acquainted better. This idiom, from baseball, was already actuality transferred to added enterprises by the 1880s. Additionally see on deck.

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at bay

at a distance, abroad from you The smoke keeps the mosquitoes at bay. They don't like smoke.

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at bay|bay

adv. or adj. phr. In a abode area you can no best run away; clumsy to go aback farther; affected to angle and fight, or face an enemy; cornered. The dog ran the rat into a corner, and there the rat angry at bay. The badge chased the bandit to a roof, area they captivated him at bay until added policemen came to help.
Compare: BRING TO BAY.

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BA

Bachelor of Arts - from a university My brother has accustomed a BA in economics from his university.

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babbage

1. fake; not real:"That Rolex is aloof babbage"
2. two-faced; backstabber:"She's so babbage; she consistently disses everyone"

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babby

British argot for a baby, child

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babe

darling, honey, adherent """Hi, babe. Appetite to sit with me?"" ""Sure, honey. I'd love to."""

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babe in arms

(See a bairn in arms)

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babe in the woods

(See a bairn in the woods)

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babe in the woods|babe|in the woods|wood|woods

n. phr. A actuality who is amateur or innocent in assertive things. He is a acceptable driver, but as a artisan he is aloof a bairn in the woods.
Compare: OVER ONE'S HEAD, BEYOND ONE'S DEPTH. Dictionary