B and C

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baby boomer	baby blues(1)baby blues(2)
back on your feet	bag of tricks (1) bag of tricks(2)
back to square one	bagel
backpack (business)	Bam
bad time(1) bad time(2)	bat 500
bad apple	ball's in your court
bananas	be my guest
balance of power
bear down	Bean pole(1) Bean pole(2)
bar star(1) barstar(2)	before you can say Jack Robinson
barnburner	behind bars
beat up	between the devil and the deep blue sea
bed of roses	Big Apple (1) Big Apple(2) Big Apple(3)
behind the eight ball(1) behind the eight ball (2)	big break
behind your back	big deal
big boys(1) big boys(2)	big picture
big bucks	big wheel
big mouth	Bigfoot
big rig	bilk(1) bilk(2)
big time	bitter pill (1) bitter pill(2)
birdbrain	black out
bite the dust bite the dust(2)	black sheep
bite your tongue
black eye	blast
Black Friday
black mark	blood money
blank face	blow a kiss
bleeding heart	blow me over
blind date	blow them away
blow snakes (music)	blow this Popsicle stand
blow the whistle	blow up
blow up	blue in the face
blow your mind	bomb out
blow you away
blue	booboo
blue sky	bread
boom box	breadbasket
bread and butter	break a story
broke	break curfew
break a leg
broken record	bright eyed and bushy tailed
bug (someone)	bring the house down
buck stops here	burn a hole in your pocket
build up	bring up
burn up	brush with death
butter fingers	buy time
butterflies in my stomach	buzz off
bye the barn	by heart

Cabbagetown	call for
call off	can it
can (1) can(2) can(3) can (4)	Canada goose(1) Canada goose(2)
can of worms(1) can of worms(2)	canned
Canuck	can't stand (1) can't stand(2) can't stand(3)
carry a tune	card
carry on	caribouboo (1)
catch a plane/bus/train	carry the can
catch on	cash cow
catch the wave	cat got your tongue
catch your eye	catch 22 (1) catch 22( 2)
cat's out of the bag	catch on(1) catch on (2)
caught red-handed (1) caught red-handed(2)	catch some z's(1) catch some z's(2)
caught up	catch up
cave in(1) cave in (2)	catch you later
chasing rainbows (1) chasing rainbows(2)	catch your death
cheerio	cat's meow
chick flick	caught up
choose sides	caution(1) caution(2)
circles around you	cement hands(1)cement hands(2)
clam up(1) clam up (2)	chain letter
clued in	change of heart
coffee talk (1) coffee talk(2)	cheap
cold hard cash	check up on
come to	cheek
cool cat (1) cool cat(2)	chicken
cover up	chicken in every pot
chip on his shoulder
crackers	chuck it
crocodile tears	clam
cross my heart and hope to die	clear sailing
cruising for a bruising	coin
crunch	cold call
crush on(1)	cold feet(1) cold feet(2)
cry your eyes out	cool
couch potato
cup of tea	cool under pressure
curiosity killed the cat	crack me up
cut	cracked(1) cracked(2)
crack a joke
cut the cheese	crackpot
cut-up	crop up
cut it	cruise
cut it out	cry me a river(1) cry me a river(2)
cut rate	curtains