| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| a brick short | mentally slow, not all there | He is a brick short of a full load. |
| a budding genius | a child who appears to be very intelligent | The newspaper described Pam as "a budding genius" on the violin. |
| a bull in a China shop | a big, reckless person in a room full of fragile things; cramp your style | Imagine a 300-pound football player at a tea party, and you have a bull in a China shop. |
| a bum rap | unfair blame, unjust sentence, take the rap | It was a bum rap. Eddie didn't steal those paintings. |
| a bummer | an unfortunate event, bad luck, too bad | "Somebody broke a window in his car and stole his stereo." "That's a bummer." |
| a bun in the oven | pregnant, expecting a baby | Mabel has a bun in the oven. The baby's due in April. |
| a bunch of malarkey | an untrue story, a lot of bunk, bull | "Do you believe what the psychic said about your future?" "No. It's a bunch of malarkey." |
| a bundle of nerves | a very nervous person; uptight person | May has so many problems - she's just a bundle of nerves. |
| a card | quite a joker, such a clown; unpredictable. | Greg tells the funniest stories. He is a card! |
| a case of | an example of, it's a case of | Look at Bosnia. That's a case of ethnic civil war. |
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