Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[behind time]{adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1a. Behind the correct time; slow. •/That clock is behind time./ 1b. Behind schedule; late. •/The train is running behind time today./ 2. Not keeping up; not at the proper time; overdue. •/Your lessons are good, but why are you behind time?/ •/We are behind time in paying the rent./ Contrast: AHEAD OF TIME, IN TIME, ON TIME.

[be-in]{n.}, {slang}, {hippie culture} A gathering or social occasion with or without a discernible purpose, often held in a public place like a park or under a large circus tent. •/The youngsters really enjoyed the great springtime jazz be-in at the park./

[be in a stew]{v. phr.} To be worried, harassed, upset. •/Al has been in a stew ever since he got word that his sister was going to marry his worst enemy./

[being] See: FOR THE TIME BEING.

[be in labor]{v. phr.} To be in parturition; experience the contractions of childbirth. •/Vane had been in labor for eight hours before her twin daughters were finally born./

[be in someone else’s shoes]{v. phr.} To be in someone else’s situation. •/Fred has had so much trouble recently that we ought to be grateful we’re not in his shoes./

[be into something]{v. phr.}, {informal} To have taken something up partly as a nobby, partly as a serious interest of sorts (basically resulting from the new consciousness and self-realization movement that originated in the late Sixties). •/Roger’s wife is into women’s liberation and women’s consciousness./ •/Did you know that Syd is seriously into transcendental meditation?/ •/Jack found out that his teenage son is into pot smoking and gave him a serious scolding./

[be itching to]{v. phr.} To have a very strong desire to do something. •/Jack is itching to travel abroad./

[be it so] See: SO BE IT.

[belabor the point]{v. phr.} To overexplain something to the point of obviousness, resulting in ridicule. •/"Lest I belabor the point," the teacher said, "I must repeat the importance of teaching good grammar in class."/

[belfry] See: BATS IN ONE’S BELFRY or BATS IN THE BELFRY.

[believe] See: MAKE BELIEVE, SEEING IS BELIEVING.

[believe one’s ears]{v. phr.} 1. To believe what one hears; trust one’s hearing. — Used with a negative or limiter, or in an interrogative or conditional sentence. •/He thought he heard a horn blowing in the distance, but he could not believe his ears./ 2. To be made sure of (something). •/Is he really coming? I can hardly believe my ears./

[believe one’s eyes]{v. phr.} 1. To believe what one sees; trust one’s eyesight. — Used with a negative or limiter or in an interrogative or conditional sentence. •/Is that a plane? Can I believe my eyes?/ 2. To be made sure of seeing something. •/She saw him there but she could hardly believe her eyes./

[bell] See: RING A BELL, WITH BELLS ON.

[bellyache]{v.} To constantly complain. •/Jim is always bellyaching about the amount of work he is required to do./

[belly up]{adj.}, {informal} Dead, bankrupt, or financially ruined. •/Tom and Dick struggled on for months with their tiny computer shop, but last year they went belly up./

[belly up]{v.}, {informal} To go bankrupt, become afunctional; to die. •/Uncompetitive small businesses must eventually all belly up./