Be Idioms

(English Idioms & Sayings) Be Idioms
be a new one on (someone)

- to be something one has not heard before and something that is difficult to believe
It was a new one on me when my friend said that he was studying Russian.

be all ears

- to listen eagerly and carefully
The boy was all ears when the teacher described the circus.

be all things to all people

- to be everything that is wanted by all people
The politician tries to be all things to all people and it is difficult to know what she really believes.

be curtains for (someone or something)

- to be the end or death for someone or something
It was curtains for my old car when it finally broke down last week.

be game

- to be ready for action or agreeable to participate in something
All of the students were game to go to the science exhibition.

be into (something)

- to be interested or involved in something
My friend is very much into music and writing songs.

be of the persuasion that (something) is so

- to believe that something is true or exists
My grandfather is of the persuasion that it is more important to work than to go to school.

be off

- to leave or depart
I plan to be off very early tomorrow morning to go to the airport.

be off to a bad start

- to start something under bad circumstances
The production of the play was off to a bad start when the lights did not work.

be off on the wrong foot

- to start something under bad circumstances
I tried to talk to my new neighbor but it seems that we are off on the wrong foot already.

be that as it may

- even if what you say is true
"Be that as it may, we are not going to permit the school dance to take place."

be the case

- to be true, to be an actual situation
"I do not care if it was the case last year, this year we will do things differently."

be the death of (someone)

- to be the ruin/downfall/death of someone (often used for some kind of problem)
The woman said that her young son's bad behavior would be the death of her.

be to blame

- to be responsible for something bad or unfortunate
He is not to blame for breaking the computer.


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