Sir Salman Rushdie
/ˈrʌʃdi
/ /ˈrʊʃdi/ (B.1947), Indian-born British novelist; full name Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie. His work, chiefly associated with magic realism, includes Midnight’s Children (Booker Prize, 1981) and The Satanic Verses (1988). The latter, regarded by Muslims as blasphemous, caused Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa in 1989 condemning Rushdie to death. In 1998 the Iranian government dissociated itself from the fatwa.
- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)
- be (or look) a picture
- be (or make) friends with
- be (or make) so bold (as to do something)
- be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes
- be (or stand) in awe of
- Beothuk
- be out of here (or there)
- be out of (or have gone out with) the ark
- be out on one's ear
- be over
- Beowulf
- be part and parcel of
- be party (or a party) to
- be poles apart
- be pushing up (the) daisies
- be put upon
- bequeath
- bequeathal
- bequeather
- bequest
- be quick off the mark
- be quick (or slow) off the mark
- be quick (or slow) on the uptake