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| HomeKnowledgeIdioms and PhrasesIdioms start with alphabet L |
List of idioms start with L
Idioms by alphabet
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Labour of love
Meaning : Work only for love
Meaning : Work only for love
Lacklustre
Meaning : Dull
Meaning : Dull
Laid hands on
Meaning : Assaulted
Meaning : Assaulted
Lame excuse
Meaning : Unacceptable lies
Meaning : Unacceptable lies
Last but not least
Meaning : An introduction phrase to let the audience know that the last person mentioned is no less important than those introduced before him/her
Meaning : An introduction phrase to let the audience know that the last person mentioned is no less important than those introduced before him/her
Laugh in one's sleeves
Meaning : Laugh Stealthily
Meaning : Laugh Stealthily
Laugh to scorn
Meaning : To make fun of
Meaning : To make fun of
Laughing stock
Meaning : Reson for giggling
Meaning : Reson for giggling
Lay a guilt trip on
Meaning : Try to make someone feel guilty
Meaning : Try to make someone feel guilty
Lay someone up
Meaning : Cause to stay in bed
Meaning : Cause to stay in bed
Lay something aside
Meaning : To set something aside
Meaning : To set something aside
Lay something on
Meaning : Provide
Meaning : Provide
Lay something up
Meaning : To acquire and store something
Meaning : To acquire and store something
Lead by the nose
Meaning : To have full control
Meaning : To have full control
Lead someone on
Meaning : To guide someone onward
Meaning : To guide someone onward
Lead up to something
Meaning : Prepare the way for
Meaning : Prepare the way for
Learn something by heart
Meaning : To memorize
Meaning : To memorize
Leave a bad taste in one's mouth
Meaning : To create a bad feeling about something
Meaning : To create a bad feeling about something
Leave in the lurch
Meaning : Part way in bad times
Meaning : Part way in bad times
Leave no stone unturned
Meaning : Do full efforts
Meaning : Do full efforts
Leave somebody holding the baby
Meaning : If someone is left holding the baby, they are made responsible for a problem that others don't want to deal with.
Meaning : If someone is left holding the baby, they are made responsible for a problem that others don't want to deal with.
Left no stone unturned
Meaning : Used all available means, adopted every possible method of search
Meaning : Used all available means, adopted every possible method of search
Lend Me Your Ear
Meaning : To politely ask for someone's full attention
Meaning : To politely ask for someone's full attention
Lend someone a hand
Meaning : Help someone
Meaning : Help someone
Let Bygones Be Bygones
Meaning : To forget about a disagreement or arguement
Meaning : To forget about a disagreement or arguement
Let on
Meaning : Reveal by telling
Meaning : Reveal by telling
Let sleeping dogs lie
Meaning : Don't cause problems by doing something when it isn't necessary
Meaning : Don't cause problems by doing something when it isn't necessary
Let someone down
Meaning : Disappointment
Meaning : Disappointment
Let someone out
Meaning : Release
Meaning : Release
Let something off
Meaning : Explode
Meaning : Explode
Let the cat out of the bag
Meaning : To reveal a secret
Meaning : To reveal a secret
Let up
Meaning : Stop
Meaning : Stop
Lie in
Meaning : Stay in bed
Meaning : Stay in bed
Lie in the bed you have made
Meaning : Take the consequences of your own acts; suffer for your own misdeeds
Meaning : Take the consequences of your own acts; suffer for your own misdeeds
Lie through one's teeth
Meaning : To make outrageous false statements
Meaning : To make outrageous false statements
Like clockwork
Meaning : To say that someone or something goes, runs or behaves like clockwork means that everything happens exactly as expected.
Meaning : To say that someone or something goes, runs or behaves like clockwork means that everything happens exactly as expected.
Like a bear with a sore head
Meaning : If someone is behaving like a bear with a sore head, they are very irritable and bad-tempered.
Meaning : If someone is behaving like a bear with a sore head, they are very irritable and bad-tempered.
Like shooting fish in a barrel
Meaning : Extremely easy
Meaning : Extremely easy
Like taking candy from a baby
Meaning : Very easy to achieve
Meaning : Very easy to achieve
Line up
Meaning : schedule someone for something
Meaning : schedule someone for something
Lion's share
Meaning : Big part
Meaning : Big part
Live and let live
Meaning : Don't unnecessarily make things difficult
Meaning : Don't unnecessarily make things difficult
Live from hand to mouth
Meaning : Live on little money
Meaning : Live on little money
Live something down
Meaning : to overcome the shame or embarrassment of something.
Meaning : to overcome the shame or embarrassment of something.
Live up to
Meaning : full the aspirations
Meaning : full the aspirations
Live up to something
Meaning : to fulfill expectations
Meaning : to fulfill expectations
Lives by his wits
Meaning : i.e. he has no settled means of subsistence but picks up a living by deceit or fraud
Meaning : i.e. he has no settled means of subsistence but picks up a living by deceit or fraud
Loaves and fishes
Meaning : Materialist wealth
Meaning : Materialist wealth
Lock, stock and barrel
Meaning : All empty
Meaning : All empty
Look after someone / something
Meaning : Take care of
Meaning : Take care of
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