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[bitch] See: SON OF A BITCH.

[bite] See: BARK WORSE THAN ONE’S BITE, PUT THE BITE ON, ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY at BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE.

[bite off more than one can chew]{v. phr.}, {informal} To try to do more than you can; be too confident of your ability. •/He bit off more than he could chew when he agreed to edit the paper alone./ •/He started to repair his car himself, but realized that he had bitten off more than he could chew./

[bite one’s head off]{v. phr.} To answer someone in great anger; answer furiously. •/I’m sorry to tell you that I lost my job, but that’s no reason to bite my head off!/

[bite one’s lips]{v. phr.} To force oneself to remain silent and not to reveal one’s feelings. •/I had to bite my lips when I heard my boss give the wrong orders./

[bite the dust]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To be killed in battle. •/Captain Jones discharged his gun and another guerrilla bit the dust./ 2. To fall in defeat; go down before enemies; be overthrown; lose. •/Our team bit the dust today./

[bite the hand that feeds one]{v. phr.} To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong. •/He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer./

[bitter] See: TO THE BITTER END.

[bitter pill]{n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. •/Jack was not invited to the party and it was a bitter pill for him./

[black] See: BLACK AND WHITE, IN THE BLACK, LOOK BLACK, POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK.

[black and blue]{adj.} Badly bruised. •/Poor Jim was black and blue after he fell off the apple tree./

[black and white]{n. phr.} 1. Print or writing; words on paper, not spoken; exact written or printed form. •/He insisted on having the agreement down in black and white./ •/Mrs. Jones would not believe the news, so Mr. Jones showed her the article in the newspaper and said, "There it is in black and white."/ 2. The different shades of black and white of a simple picture, rather than other colors. •/He showed us snapshots in black and white./

[black-and-white]{adj.} Divided into only two sides that are either right or wrong or good or bad, with nothing in between; thinking or judging everything as either good or bad. •/Everything is black-and-white to Bill; if you’re not his friend, you are his enemy./ •/The old man’s religion shows his black-and-white thinking; everything is either completely good or completely bad./

[black day]{n.} A day of great unhappiness; a disaster. •/It was a black day when our business venture collapsed./

[black eye]{n.} 1. A dark area around one’s eye due to a hard blow during a fight, such as boxing. •/Mike Tyson sported a black eye after the big fight./ 2. Discredit. •/Bob’s illegal actions will give a black eye to the popular movement he started./

[blackout]{n.} 1. The darkening of a city curing an air raid by pulling down all curtains and putting out all street lights. •/The city of London went through numerous blackouts during World War II./ 2. A cessation of news by the mass media. •/There was a total news blackout about the kidnapping of the prime minister./