Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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bear loaded for bear
bear mama bear
bear Smokey (the Bear)
beat beat box
beat Beat it!
beat beat off
beat beat one’s brains out (to do something)
beat beat one’s gums
beat beat one’s meat
beat beats me
beat beat someone or something out
beat beat someone’s brains out
beat beat something out
beat beat the drum for someone or something
beat beat the dummy
beat beat the meat
beat beat the pup
beat beat the shit out of someone
beat beat up
beat take a beating
beat to beat the band
beautybeauty sleep
bed bed of roses
bed fall out of bed
bed make one’s bed
bed musical beds
bed put someone to bed with a shovel
bed put to bed with a shovel
bedpostbetween you, me, and the bedpost
bedroombedroom eyes
bedtime bedtime story
beef beef something up
beef bogus beef
beef bum beef
beef Where’s the beef?
beer beer and skittles
beer beer belly
beer beer blast
beer beer bust
beer beer goggles
beer beer gut
beer cry in one’s beer
beer hammer a beer
beer hammer some beers
beer pound a beer
beer pound some beers
beer slam a beer
beer slam some beers
beer small beer
beeswax mind your own beeswax
beeswax none of someone’s beeswax
beet blow beets
before morning after (the night before)
behind behind bars
behind behind the eight ball
behind get behind someone or something


behind get behind something
belfry have bats in one’s belfry
believeBelieve you me!
believeI don’t believe this!
believeWould you believe?
believeYou (had) better believe it!
bell Baby Bell
bell bells and whistles
bell Hell’s bells (and buckets of blood)!
bell Ma Bell
bell ring a bell
bell ring the bell
bell saved by the bell
bell with bells on
bellyair one’s belly
bellyBasra belly
bellybeer belly
bellybelly button
bellybelly fiddle
bellybelly flop
bellybelly laff
bellybelly laugh
bellybelly up
bellybelly up (to something)
bellyDelhi belly
bellygo belly up
bellyturn belly up
bellyacheQuit your bellyaching!
belowhit someone below the belt
beltbelt the grape
belthit someone below the belt
beltpull one’s belt in (a notch)
beltrust belt
beltsun belt
belttake one’s belt in (a notch)
belttighten one’s belt
bench bench jockey
bench bench warmer
bend (a)round the bend
bend bend one’s elbow
bend bend the law
bend drive someone around the bend
bend round the bend
bent bent out of shape
berth soft berth
bestbest bud
bestbest buy
bestlevel best
bestone’s best shot
bestSunday best
bet bet one’s bottom dollar
bet bet someone dollars to doughnuts
bet You bet.
bet You bet your boots!
bet You bet your sweet life!
bet You bet your sweet patoot(ie)!

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