Idioms

blow up in (someone's) face
to be ruined while one is working on it (a plan or project etc.), to explode suddenly
The secret plan blew up in our face when we discovered that everybody already knew about it. The bomb blew up in the man's face.

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  • blue blood
  • blue in the face
  • bog down
  • boggle (someone's) mind
  • boil down to (something)
  • bone of contention
  • bone up (on something)
  • boot out (someone) or boot (someone) out
  • bore (someone) stiff
  • bore (someone) to death
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  • take a beating
  • take one's time
  • read (someone's) mind
  • get off (a bus/train/plane etc.)
  • next to nothing
  • in the best of health
  • love at first sight
  • see one's way clear to (do something)
  • play along with (someone or something)
  • appear out of nowhere


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