Idioms:

Breath of fresh air
Meaning: a fresh and imaginative approach to something
Breathe down (someone's) neck
Meaning: to watch someone closely, to try to make someone hurry
Breathe easy
Meaning: to relax after a stressful situation
Breathe one's last
Meaning: to die
Brew a plot
Meaning: to make a plot
Bright and early
Meaning: very early
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Meaning: to be eager and cheerful
Brimming with (something)
Meaning: to be full of some kind of happy behavior
Bring about (something) or bring (something) about
Meaning: to make something happen
Bring around (someone) or bring (someone) around
Meaning: to bring someone for a visit
Bring back (something) or bring (something) back
Meaning: to return an item that you bought or borrowed (used when you are speaking at the place where something is bought or borrowed)
Bring down the house
Meaning: to cause much laughter in an audience
Bring home the bacon
Meaning: to work and earn money for your family
Bring home the importance of (something) to (someone)
Meaning: to make someone understand that something is important
Bring out (something) or bring (something) out
Meaning: to make something available, to introduce something to the public
Bring some new facts to light
Meaning: to discover some new facts about something, to make some new facts about something known
Bring (someone) around
Meaning: to bring someone back to consciousness
Bring (someone) around (to something)
Meaning: to change someones's mind about something
Bring (someone) into line
Meaning: to persuade or force someone to agree with you
Bring (someone) to
Meaning: to wake someone up, to bring someone to consciousness
Bring (something) home to (someone) or bring home (something) to (someone) or bring home to (someone) (something)
Meaning: to cause someone to realize the truth or importance of something
Bring (something) into focus
Meaning: to make something clear
Bring (something) into question
Meaning: to raise a question about something
Bring (something) into the open
Meaning: to reveal something, to expose something
Bring (something) off or bring off (something)
Meaning: to make something happen
Bring (something) on or bring on (something)
Meaning: to cause something to develop rapidly
Bring (something) to a head
Meaning: to cause something to reach a point where a decision or some action is necessary
Bring (something) to (someone's) attention
Meaning: to make someone aware of something
Bring to mind
Meaning: to recall something
Bring up (a child)
Meaning: to raise or care for a child
Bring up (a subject)
Meaning: to introduce a subject into a discussion
Bring up the rear
Meaning: to be at the end of the line or in the last position
Broad in the beam
Meaning: to have wide hips or large buttocks
Broke
Meaning: to have no money
Brush up on (something)
Meaning: to review something that one has already learned
Buck for (something)
Meaning: to aim or try for a goal
Buckle down (to something)
Meaning: to begin to work seriously at something
Bug (someone)
Meaning: to irritate or bother someone
Build a fire under (someone)
Meaning: to stimulate someone to do something
Build castles in the air/in Spain
Meaning: to make plans that are impossible
Build (something) to order
Meaning: to make something especially for a customer
Build up (someone or something) or build (someone or something) up
Meaning: to make someone or something bigger or stronger, to promote someone or something
Build up to (something)
Meaning: to lead up to something
English idioms from (Breath - Build)
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