bed-and-breakfast

bed and breakfast

An establishment that functions in a manner similar to a hotel but is usually a private residence. The phrase is often called a "B and B" for short. We stayed at an adorable bed and breakfast in the countryside for our anniversary this year.
See also: and, bed, breakfast
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bed-and-breakfast

a type of lodging for travelers or tourists offering a place to sleep and breakfast the next morning, typically in a small inn or private home. We visited six European countries and stayed in a bed-and-breakfast every night. I had to take a bed-and-breakfast because the hotels in the city were much too expensive.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • and the rest
  • short hairs
  • beck and call
  • scientia potentia est
  • (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
  • sure as eggs is eggs
  • a penny for them
  • rest in peace
  • not tonight, Josephine
  • great minds think alike
References in periodicals archive
In the 1840s, the classic Sweitzer barn that houses the Canna Country Inn Bed-and-Breakfast was used as a provisional residence for Franciscan friars.
Partners Inez Conover and Kathleen Bailey purchased the Sea Witch Manor Inn, a 7,000-square-foot bed-and-breakfast with five rooms, in 2000.
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Priced at pounds 295pp for three nights bed-and-breakfast accommodation including return flights from Gatwick.
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I had to remind myself that they were just doing what people do in a bed-and-breakfast. I had to remind myself that this was something I wanted to do.
At forty-two, Monique Greenwood, with her husband, Glenn Pogue, is the owner of bed-and-breakfasts in Brooklyn, New York and in Cape May, New Jersey.
Hosting from a haven in the hood: Monique Greenwood, whose Akwaaba bed-and-breakfast inns extend year-round hospitality from urban Brooklyn to the Jersey seashore, shares the keys to "Having What Matters". (Cover Story)
Business success is not determined in the same way by large corporations as it is by the owners of small bed-and-breakfast inns.
Helen Bartlett, the organization's chairwoman and owner of Vintage Comfort Bed-and-Breakfast Inn at Hot Springs, says the association has three goals:
* To promote knowledge of bed-and-breakfast inns as well as tourism in Arkansas.
The state Department of Parks and Tourism distributes a brochure about the state's bed-and-breakfast inns.
The BBAA also hopes to establish standards and then limit its membership to legitimate bed-and-breakfast inns.
Bed-and-breakfast inns are designed to provide a fresh atmosphere for travelers.
Breakfast and bed: Arkansas' more than 200 bed-and-breakfast inns struggle to be noticed
Price includes return flights from Heathrow with Air Jamaica, bed-and-breakfast accommodation (two sharing) and transfers.
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pounds 258: Seven nights in Malta, staying at the three-star Porto Azzurro Hotel, St Paul's Bay, on a bed-and-breakfast basis.
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Over the past decade, there's been a rise in eco-friendly bed-and-breakfasts. Here you can find wonderful rooms cleaned with all-natural products and pure cotton sheets and towels.
Traveling light: a visit to eco-friendly bed-and-breakfasts