Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

B.'s

Four B.'s essential for social success. Blood, brains, brass, brads (money). (American.)

Beware of the B.'s, i.e.
the British. A Carlow caution.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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