| the Big Apple |
the bigger, smaller, faster, slower, etc. the better |
(the) big mo |
the big picture |
the big screen |
| the big stick |
the Big Three, Four, etc. |
the biz |
the BMA |
the body politic |
| the bottom drops/falls out (of something) |
the bourgeoisie |
the brass ring |
the breath of life to/for somebody |
the bright lights |
| the bubble bursts |
the burden of proof |
the carrot and (the) stick (approach) |
the chalkface |
the chance, etc. of a lifetime |
| the chances are (that)… |
the Channel Tunnel |
the chattering classes |
the Cheshire Cat |
the Chippendales |
| the civil service |
the coast is clear |
the common, general, ordinary, usual run (of something) |
the company somebody keeps |
the Co-op |
| the cost of living |
the crest of a/the wave |
the cupboard is bare |
the cut and thrust (of something) |
the Daily Mail |
| the Daily Telegraph |
the damnedest… |
the dark ages |
the Dark Web |
the dawn chorus |
| the day, week, month, etc. before last |
the dead hand of something |
the death penalty |
the Deep Web |
the devil |
| the devil/hell to pay |
the devil makes work for idle hands |
the (dim and) distant past |
the dizzy heights (of something) |
the Domesday Book |
| thee |
the ebb and flow (of something/somebody) |
the elephant in the room |
the emperor has no clothes |
the Establishment |
| the evil eye |
the evil hour/day/moment |
the exception that proves the rule |
the fact (of the matter) is (that)… |
the Feeding of the Five Thousand |