Vous avez beau jeu = 1. (lit.) You have good cards. 2. (fig.) You have the advantage.

*La belle plume fait le bel oiseau = Fine feathers make fine birds.

Se mettre au beau = (of the weather) To clear up.

Jouer la belle = To play the rubber (or third game, to see which of the players is the conqueror).

Beaucoup

*Beaucoup de bruit pour rien = Much ado about nothing.

Beauté

La beauté ne se mange pas en salade = Beauty does not fill the larder; Prettiness makes no pottage.

Bec

Il m’a tenu le bec dans l’eau = He kept me in suspense.