Idioms and colourful words (a + noun (B..)

A block

башка

I bumped my block against the beam.

A blow out

пирушка, кутеж

Have a blow out on your birthday!

A blue-eyed boy / girl

любимчик начальства

She is the blue-eyed girl of the boss, so she can do what she likes.

A bolt from the blue

Гром среди ясного неба

His arrival was a bold from the blue.

A bone of contention

Камень преткновения

We’ve fought for so long that we’ve forgotten what the bone of contention is.

A boozer

Алкаш

I used to be a boozer for years.

A bottleneck

Узкое место (проблема)

The strike has created a bottleneck in the assembly department.

A brain like a sieve

Память как решето

He lost the key to his Ferrari but admitted his brain was like a sieve.

A brainwave

Блестящая идея

He had a brainwave.

A bread heel

Горбушка хлеба

She saves bread heels for the birds.

A breath of fresh air

Глоток свежего воздуха

After all the criticism, his positive comments came as a breath of fresh air.

A bright spark

Светлая голова, умница

At school I wasn’t one of the bright sparks that went on to higher education.

A bug

Жучок

(прослушивающая установка)

Specialists were called in to clean the Embassy of bugs.

A buildup

«раскрутка» реклама

The new television series was given a terrific buildup by the popular press.

A burning issue

Злоба дня

The European Common Market was one of the burning issue in British politics in the 1970.

A busybody

Кумушка, сплетница

Don’t be a busybody. It’s not of your business.

A can of worms

Ящик Пандоры

If I read her letter it will be a can of worms for our love.

A carbon copy

Точная копия

He’s a carbon copy of his father.

A cash cow

«дойная корова»

My uncle is a cash cow for his wife.

A catch 22

Заколдованный круг

Homeless people often find themselves in a catch 22 situation.

A chain smoker

Заядлый курильщик

My friend is a chain smoker.

A charmed life

Бог бережёт

He was in two airplane accidents, but he had a charmed life.

A cheapskate

скряга

I'm having nothing to do with a cheaoskate like him!

A close call/ shave

На волосок от несчастья

He's never had an accident but he's had several close shaves.

A con-man

Жулик, проходимец

I suspect my business partner is a con-man, so I want to stop dealing with him.