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behind its time
Outdated or old-fashioned
behind someone's back
to do something secretly without someone's knowledge
behind the bit
Unable to control a situation
behind the counter
Working in a service industry, especially in retail or food service.
behind the eight-ball
In a difficult or precarious situation
behind the scenes
Happening secretly or out of public view
behind the times
Out-dated.
behind the wire
In a prison camp or refugee camp.
behind time
Late or past a scheduled time
beilby's ball
He will dance at Beilby's ball, where the sheriff pays the music; he will be hanged. Who Mr. Beilby was, or why that ceremony was so called, remains with the quadrature of the circle, the discovery of the philosopher's stone, and divers other desiderata yet undiscovered.
belch
All sorts of beer; that liquor being apt to cause eructation.
belcher
A red silk handkerchief, intermixed with yellow and a little black. The kiddey flashes his belcher; the young fellow wears a silk handkerchief round his neck.
belcher
A blue bird’s-eye handkerchief.—See BILLY.
belemnite battlefield
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Belgians against Germany
The soldiers gave themselves this name as a compliment, from an army order that was said to have been given at Aix on August 19th by the Kaiser to his generals.
belgie
A Belgian.
Belgje of ancient Gaul
They occupied the low track along the frontiers of the German- speaking territory, as Artois, Hainault, Namur, Liege, Luxemburg, with parts of Flanders and Brabant.
believe in somebody
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
believe it or not
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
believe one's ears
To be unable to believe what one is hearing
believe one's eyes
to trust what one is seeing
believe you me
used to emphasize the truth of something
believing is seeing
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
bell
A song. Tramps’ term. Simply diminutive of BELLOW.
bell out
to speak or sing loudly and clearly
bell rope
A lovelock.
bell swagger
A noisy bullying fellow.
bell the cat
to take a risk to deal with a problem
bell, book, and candle
They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and anathematizing persons who had offended the church.
belles lettres
Polite literature; poetry, and standard literary works which are not scientific or technical: the study or pursuit of such literature. The term — which is French — has given birth to the very ugly words bellettrist and bellettristic.
bellows
The lungs. BELLOWSER, a blow in the "wind," or pit of the stomach, taking one’s breath away.
bellowsed
Or LAGGED, transported.
bellowser
Transportation for life: i.e. as long.
bellwether
The chief or leader of a mob; an idea taken from a flock of sheep, where the wether has a bell about his neck.
bellwether of the flock
A jocose and rather deprecatory term applied to the leader of a party. The allusion is to the wether or sheep which leads the flock with a bell fastened to its neck.
bellwether state
A state that accurately predicts national election outcomes
belly
His eye was bigger than his belly; a saying of a person at a table, who takes more on his plate than he can eat.
belly plea
The plea of pregnancy, generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted, which they take care to provide for, previous to their trials; every gaol having, as the Beggar's Opera informs us, one or more child getters, who qualify the ladies for that expedient to procure a respite.
belly up
to fail or go bankrupt
belly up to the bar
to approach or participate in something with enthusiasm
belly-vengeance
Small sour beer, apt to cause gastralgia.
bellyfull
A hearty beating, sufficient to make a man yield or give out. A woman with child is also said to have got her belly full.
belong to somebody
to be the property or possession of someone
belong to something
be a part or member of something
below par
Not meeting the usual standard or expectation
below the belt
Unfair.
below the chair
Said of one who has not yet reached the presidential position, as of an alderman who has not yet served the mayoralty.
below the gangway
In the House of Com- mons, on the farther side of the passage-way between the seats which separate the Ministry from the rest of the Members. To sit "below the gangway" is to sit amongst the general members, and not among the Ministers or ex- Ministers and leaders of the Opposition.
below the mahogany
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
below the salt
of lower social status
belt and suspenders
Using two or more methods to achieve something for extra security
Belted Will
Lord William Howard (1563- 1640), a Border chief, son of the fourth Duke of Norfolk, and warden of the western marches. He was so called by Scott. To his contemporaries he was known as "Bould Wullie." His wife was called "Bessie with the braid apron.
bemuse
To fuddle one’s self with drink, "BEMUSING himself with beer," &c.
ben
A benefit.—Theatrical.
ben cull
A friend, or "pal." Expression used by thieves.
ben joltram
Brown bread and skimmed milk; a Norfolk term for a ploughboy’s breakfast.
bench and bar
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
Bench and Bar
Judges and barristers. See BAR; BARRISTER.
bench jockey
A person who criticizes or gives unwanted advice from the sidelines
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