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Bade in Arms :

A babe in arms is a very young child or a person who is very young to be holding a position.




Babe in The Woods :

A babe in the woods is a naïve, defenceless, young person.

Sarita was a babe in the woods when the population was growing very fast.




Baby Boomer :

A baby boomer is someone born in the years after the end of the Second World War a period when the population was growing very fast.




Back Burner :

If an issue is on the back burner, it is being given low priority.

The issue of drinking water is on the back burner in the council meeting.




Back Foot :

If you are on your back foot, you are at a disadvantage and forced to be defensive of your position.




Back Number :

Something that is a back number is dated or out of fashion.

I have asked the publishers to send me the back numbers of the journal.




Backroom Boy :

A person who works in anonymity in an organization while others take on more public roles

The heroes and heroines are adored by many. But how many of us know of the backroom boys who toil to present these artistes in all glamour?




Back-Seat Driver :

Someone who criticises from the sidelines

A back-seat driver is an annoying person who is fond of giving advice to the person performing a task or doing something especially when the advice is either wrong or unwelcome.




Back The Wrong Horse :

If you back the wrong horse, you give your support to the losing side in something.




Back To Back :

If things happen back to back, they are directly one after another.




Back to Square One :

The expression implies that one is back to the beginning or to start again.

If you are back to square one, you have to start from the beginning again.




Back To The Drawing Board :

If you have to go back to the drawing board, you have to go back to the beginning and start something again.



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