very truly, damn well He bloody well knows my name because I bloody well told him.
body language
body movements that show feelings Your body language tells me that you're tense. Please relax.
get wise to something/somebody
learn about something kept secret He finally got wise to the fact that they were stealing his money.
keep body and soul together
keep alive, survive He has been working very hard to try and keep body and soul together after his illness.
like nobody's business
a lot, busily, like crazy The squirrel was eating nuts - chewing like nobody's business.
no bloody way
(See no way)
nobody
a smart person, a person who can take care of himself She is nobody
nobody's fool
wise or intelligent person, been around Joe is nobody's fool. He's intelligent and experienced.
nobody's home
one
over my dead body
do not try to do it, I'll stop you """I want to marry your sister."" ""Over my dead body!"""
somebody up there loves/hates me
an expression meaning that an unseen power in heaven has been favorable/unfavorable to you "Somebody up there loves me," he said as he found the money on the side of the road.
the lights are on but nobody's home
the eyes are open but lifeless, not all there """Hello! Hello, Pat! His lights are on but nobody's home. Ha ha."""
absobloodylutely
absolutely
bloody
1. expressing annoyance as an intensifier:"That bloody idiot needs a good thumping" 2. as an intensifier:"I'll bloody thump that idiot"
bloody hell
an exclamation of surprise or frustration
bloody-Nora
an exclamation of surprise or anger
in a body
all together;as a group全体 They moved forward in a body. 他们全体向前进。 They resigned in a body.他们集 体辞职。 The delegates came into the assembly hall in a body.代表们一起步 入会议大厅。
scream bloody murder
Idiom(s): scream bloody murder
Theme: COMPLAINT
to complain bitterly; to complain unduly. (Slang.) • When we put him in an office without a window, he screamed bloody murder. • There is something wrong next door. Everyone is screaming bloody murder.
go in a body
Idiom(s): go in a body
Theme: MOVEMENT
to move in a group. • The whole team went in a body to talk to the coach. • Each of us was afraid to go alone, so we went in a body.
cry bloody murder
Idiom(s): cry bloody murder
Theme: CRYING
to scream as if something very serious has happened. • Now that Bill is really hurt, he's crying bloody murder. • There is no point in crying bloody murder about the bill if you aren't going to pay it.
come in a body
Idiom(s): come in a body AND arrive in a body
Theme: ARRIVAL
to arrive as a group. • All the guests came in a body. • Things become very busy when everyone arrives in a body.
bloody but unbowed
Idiom(s): bloody but unbowed
Theme: DETERMINATION
[one's head] showing signs of a struggle, but not bowed in defeat. (Fixed order.) • Liz emerged from the struggle, her head bloody but unbowed. • We are bloody but unbowed and will fight to the last.
arrive in a body
Idiom(s): come in a body AND arrive in a body
Theme: ARRIVAL
to arrive as a group. • All the guests came in a body. • Things become very busy when everyone arrives in a body.
If a camel gets his nose in a tent, his body will
If you let something intrusive enter your life, your life will become difficult .
get on (well) with (somebody)
have a good relationship with " I get on very well with my colleagues."
Body politic
A group of people organised under a single government or authority (national or regional) is a body politic.
Everybody and their uncle
This basically means a lot of people or too many people; everybody and their uncle was there.
Goody two-shoes
A goody two-shoes is a self-righteous person who makes a great deal of their virtue.
Put somebody's nose out of joint
If you put someone's nose out of joint, you irritate them or make them angry with you.
Take your hat off to somebody
If you take your hat off to someone, you acknowledge that they have done something exceptional or otherwise deserve your respect.
body English|English|body
n., informal The wishful attempt to make a ball move in the right direction after it has been hit or let go, by twisting the body in the desired direction. He tried to help the putt fall by using body English.
body blow|blow|body
n., informal A great disappointment; a bitter failure. When he failed to get on the team it came as a body blow to him.
go somebody one better|go|go one better|one better
v. phr., informal To do something better than (someone else); do more or better than; beat. Bill's mother gave the boys in Bill's club hot dogs for refreshments, so Tom's mother said that she would go her one better next time by giving them hot dogs and ice cream.John made a good dive into the water, but Bob went him one better by diving in backwards.
it is an ill wind that blows nobody good|blow|blow
No matter how bad a happening is, someone can usually gain something from it. A proverb. When Fred got hurt in the game John got a chance to play. It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.
keep body and soul together|body|body and soul|kee
v. phr. To keep alive; survive. John was unemployed most of the year and hardly made enough money to keep body and soul together. Compare: KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR.
nobody home|home|nobody
slang 1. Your attention is somewhere else, not on what is being said or done here; you are absent-minded. The teacher asked him a question three times but he still looked out the window. She gave up, saying, "Nobody home." 2. You are feeble-minded or insane. He pointed to the woman, tapped his head, and said, "Nobody home."
nobody's fool|fool|nobody
n. phr. A smart person; a person who knows what he is doing; a person who can take care of himself. In the classroom and on the football field, Henry was nobody's fool. Antonym: BORN YESTERDAY.
over one's dead body|body|dead body|over
adv. phr., informal Not having the ability to stop something undesirable from taking place. "You will get married at age sixteen over my dead body!" Jane's father cried.
scream bloody murder|bloody|murder|scream
v. phr., informal To yell or protest as strongly as one can. When the thief grabbed her purse, the woman screamed bloody murder.When the city doubled property taxes, home owners screamed bloody murder.
somebody up there loves me|hate|hates|love|loves|s
slang An expression intimating that an unseen power in heaven, such as God, has been favorable or unfavorable to the one making the exclamation. Look at all the money I won! I say somebody up there sure loves me!Look at all the money I've lost! I say somebody up there sure hates me!
body blow An action that causes severe damage, as in This last recession dealt a body blow to our whole industry. This term comes from boxing, where since the 18th century it has been used to refer to a punch that is landing between the opponent's chest and navel. [c. 1900]
body English
body English Movements of the body that express a person's feelings, as in His body English tells us just how tired he is. This expression originated about 1900 in such sports as bowling and ice hockey, where a player tries to influence the path of a ball or puck by moving his body in a particular direction. (It was based on the earlier use of English to mean “spin imparted to a ball.”)
custody
custody 1. in custody in the keeping of the police; under arrest 2. take into custody to arrest
nobody home
nobody home 1) No one is paying attention, as in She threw the ball right past him, yelling “Nobody home!” 2) The person being discussed is mentally impaired and so cannot understand, as in When the woman did not answer, he concluded it was a case of nobody home. Both usages transfer the absence of someone in a dwelling to absent-mindedness or mental deficiency, and are thought to have been invented by cartoonist and journalist Thomas Aloysius Dorgan (“TAD”) around 1900. He often embellished his column with such punning amplifications as “Nobody home but the telephone and that's in the hands of the receiver,” or “Nobody home but the oyster and that's in the stew.”
somebody up there loves me
somebody up there loves me I am having very good luck right now; also, someone with influence is favoring me. For example, I won $40 on that horse—somebody up there loves me, or I don't know how I got that great assignment; somebody up there loves me. This idiom, generally used half-jokingly, alludes either to heavenly intervention or to the help of a temporal higher authority. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] Also see friend in court.
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