Burn-Rubber :



Burn-Rubber :

If you burn rubber, you drive very fast to get somewhere.




Burn The Candle at Both Ends :

Someone who burns the candle at both ends lives life at a hectic pace doing things which likely to affect their health badly.




Burn The Midnight Oil :

If you stay up very late working or studying, you burn the midnight oil.

Most of the children burn the midnight oil a few days before the examinations.




Burn Your Bridges :

If you burn your bridges, you do something that makes it impossible to go back from the position you have taken.




Burn Your Fingers :

If you burn your fingers, you suffer a loss or something unpleasant as the result of something you did making you less likely to do it again.




Burning Question :

An important issue

A burning question is something we all want to know about.

Reservations are a burning question before our country.




Burst At The Seams :

To be filled to or beyond normal capacity

This marriage hall will be bursting at the seams when all the guests arrive.




Bury The Hatchet :

If you bury the hatchet, you make peace with someone and stop arguing or fighting.

The politicians bury their hatchets when the elections are round the corner.




Bury Your Head in The Sand :

If someone buries their head in the sand, they ignore something that is obviously wrong.

Do not bury your head in the sand. I know that you have not succeeded in your attempts.




Busman’s Holiday :

A busman’s holiday is when you spend your free time doing the same sort of work as you do in your job.




Bust My Chops :

When someone says that they are not going to bust their chops, it means they are not going to work that hard or make much effort.




Busted flush :

Someone or something that had great potential but ended up a useless failure is a busted flush.



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