bit

a bit much somewhat excessive or unreasonable.

a bit of all right a pleasing person or thing, especially a woman regarded sexually. British informal

a bit of crackling: seecrackling.

bit of fluff (or skirt or stuff) a woman regarded in sexual terms. British informal

2000Sunday Herald There is so much stuff you get put up for where you are obviously just the bit of fluff, even if you have brains and wear trousers all the time. It's hard as well for women to keep their career going.

bit of rough: seerough.

bit on the side

1 a person with whom you are unfaithful to your partner.

2 a relationship involving being unfaithful to your partner.

3 money earned outside your normal job. informal

bits and pieces (or bobs) an assortment of small or unspecified items.

champ at the bit: seechamp.

do your bit make a useful contribution to an effort or cause. informal

☞ The exhortation to do your bit was much used during World War 1, but the expression was current in the late 19th century.

get the bit between your teeth begin to tackle a problem or task in a determined or independent way.

☞ The metal bit in a horse's mouth should lie on the fleshy part of its gums; if a headstrong horse grasps the bit between its teeth it can evade the control of the reins and its rider.

in bits very upset or emotionally affected. British informal

2019Evening Standard Jayden's uncle Josh Grant … told the Evening Standard 'I'm in bits. It's a sad time. He was a good kid.'

a nasty bit of work: see a nasty piece of work atnasty.

naughty bits: seenaughty.

not a bit of it not at all; on the contrary.British

2008Christopher StocksForgotten Fruits Were strawberry breeders so careless, and so little concerned with history? Not a bit of it.

to bits very much. informal

1998Times A succession of elderly ladies explained how, as young women, they had fancied him to bits.