27-letter words containing b, e, s, h
- take the bit in one's teeth — to undertake a task with determination
- the buck stops here/with me — If you say 'The buck stops here' or 'The buck stops with me', you mean that you have to take responsibility for something and will not try to pass the responsibility on to someone else.
- the forest of fontainebleau — a forest in N France, where the town of Fontainebleau is located
- the odds are in sb's favour — If you say that the odds are in someone's favour, you mean that they are likely to succeed in what they are doing.
- throw someone under the bus — to expose someone to an unpleasant fate, esp in order to save oneself
- to be bursting at the seams — to be very full
- to breathe a sigh of relief — If people breathe or heave a sigh of relief, they feel happy that something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.
- to build up a head of steam — to develop power
- to go into the record books — to achieve one of the best results that have ever been achieved in a particular sport or activity, for example the fastest time, the furthest distance, or the greatest number of victories
- to know something backwards — In British English, if you say that someone knows something backwards, you are emphasizing that they know it very well. In American English, you say that someone knows something backward and forward.
- to nip something in the bud — If you nip something such as bad behaviour in the bud, you stop it before it can develop very far.
- to rule sb with a high hand — to behave imperiously towards someone
- to the best of your ability — as well as you can
- two shakes of a lamb's tail — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- with one's back to the wall — in a difficult or desperate situation
- you can't have it both ways — If someone says that you can't have it both ways, they are telling you that you have to choose between two things and cannot do or have them both.