Idioms starting with B

By the skin of your teeth

Just barely making it

Bite the dust

To fail, or to be defeated or destroyed

Be hard up for something

To have too few or too little of something

Be raining cats and dogs

To be raining heavily

Break a leg

Used to wish somebody good luck

Break the ice

To say or do something that makes people feel more relaxed, especially at the beginning of a meeting, party, etc.

Be barking up the wrong tree

To have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve something

Be all ears

To be waiting with interest to hear what somebody has to say

Bend somebody's ear

To talk to somebody a lot about something, especially about a problem that you have

Be out on your ear

To be forced to leave