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because reasonsUsed to avoid specifying the reasons for something, perhaps because specifying them would be tangential to the point at hand, or perhaps because they are not sound or are not known to the speaker.Rate it:
because you touch yourself at nightUsed to humourously deflect a request for a reason.Rate it:
beck and callSummons and control, in a position of servitude or as an attendant.Rate it:
become ofto happen to, to occur to.Rate it:
become one fleshTo join together in marriage; to develop a unifying bond as a result of marrying.Rate it:
bed blockerAn elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.Rate it:
bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.Rate it:
bed downTo put an animal to rest for the night.Rate it:
bed downThe act of lying down, reclining, preparing for sleep by assuming a supine position/reclining/upon or in a quiet, comfortable venue.Rate it:
bed into settle, to make [someone] feel at homeRate it:
bed of rosesA comfortable or luxurious position.Rate it:
bed of rosesA pleasant or easy situation.Rate it:
Bed of RosesAn amazing person or condition that is very comfortable or pleasantRate it:
bed outTo transfer a young plant from an inside location such as a greenhouse to an outdoors flower bed.Rate it:
bed them downTo ​lie down ​somewhere, usually ​somewhere different from where you usually ​sleep, in ​order to go to ​sleep.Rate it:
bed them downAnimal husbandry term. Domesticated animals are treated in the USA with tender loving care. Caretakers of animals provide comfortable resting and sleeping places for the nighttime.Rate it:
beddableSexually attractive.Rate it:
beddable[...] feminine, great body great legs great taste, trained and beddable, Jesus, how beddable.Rate it:
beddy-byeBedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.Rate it:
BEDMASBrackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction; a mnemonic for arithmetic order of precedence, with B first and AS last.Rate it:
bedroom eyesEyes that have a sexually suggestive expression.Rate it:
bee in one's bonnetSomething that makes someone act crazy or excites them or is of particular interest or concern to them; something that bothers or irritates someone; a lesser known version of this expression is “bug in one’s bonnet”Rate it:
bee in one's bonnetan idea, which is thought to be crazy or exciting; someone’s particular interest, concern or obsession with somethingRate it:
bee's kneesSomething excellent, outstanding.Rate it:
beef to the hoofFat, chubby, particularly with fat legs.Rate it:
beef upto strengthen or reinforce; to add substance toRate it:
beefcakeUsed other than as an idiom: see beef, cake.Rate it:
beefcakeImagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.Rate it:
beefcakeSuch a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.Rate it:
beefed outHaving been improved greatly or upgraded; beefed up.Rate it:
beefed outMuscular, often in an exaggerated way.Rate it:
been darkmansAlternative spelling of bene darkmansRate it:
been there, done thatAn assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is now bored.Rate it:
been there, done that, bought the t-shirtExpresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.Rate it:
been there, done that, got the T-shirtAlternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.Rate it:
been there, done that, got the t-shirtSame as been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.Rate it:
been there, though not done thatUsed for expressing that though one may have seen something (unpleasant), he may have not participated in the same.Rate it:
been to the rodeoExposed to conmen and hucksters; experienced.Rate it:
been to the rodeoN.d., Alan Neff, Precious Tribes, Vicious Lies, page 72.Rate it:
beer and skittlesFun times.Rate it:
beer and skittlesSomething pleasurable.Rate it:
beer gogglesThe illusion that people are more attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption.Rate it:
beer musclesA protruding stomach, supposedly indicative of excessive consumption of beer.Rate it:
beer musclesAn aggressive attitude resulting from consumption of an alcoholic beverage.Rate it:
beetle-browedhaving bushy dark and messy eyebrows; frowning; unfriendly in appearanceRate it:
before it was coolBefore was popular, trendy, famous, or duly appreciated.Rate it:
before someone's timeFrom before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world.Rate it:
before someone's timeAt a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.Rate it:
before you can say boo.It means that you need to do it before you can say anythingRate it:
before you can say jack robinsonVery quickly. Quicker than you expect.Rate it:

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