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le vert jure avec le jauneGreen does not match with yellow; Green clashes with yellow.Rate it:

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lead outA race tactic, used to set up a rider for a sprint finish, in which one rider on a team will ride at a very high rate of speed with a teammate following directly behind in his slipstream thus enabling the following rider to gain speed without expending as much energy as he normally would. See drafting.Rate it:

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least said, soonest mendedHurt feelings are most quickly healed by not discussing the event giving rise to the hurt.Rate it:

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leave no stone unturnedTo do a task very carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.Rate it:

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leave outTo omit, to not include, to neglect to mentionRate it:

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leave well enough aloneIf things are fine, then leave the situation alone; don't do anything to disturb the current situation.Rate it:

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leave well enough aloneDo not interfere, change, disturb, get involved or try to make a situation better because you might make a situation worse; (also known as "let well enough alone" "leave well alone and "let well alone")Rate it:

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left me out thereConfused, lost; not understanding the situation.Rate it:

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Left Out in the ColdTo ask someone to get out of the room so that he may not listen something important, ignored and left outRate it:

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leges scribere, facere, condere, constituere (not dare)to make laws (of a legislator).Rate it:

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les extrêmes se touchentExtremes meet; Too far east is west; Too much care may be as bad as downright negligence.Rate it:

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les grosses mouches passent à travers la toile de la justice, mais les petites y sont prisesOne man may steal a horse, while another dare not look over the hedge; Justice will whip a beggar, but bow to a lord; One does the scath, another has the harm; The crow gets pardoned, and the dove has the blame.Rate it:

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les hommes ne se mesurent pas à l'auneMen are not to be judged by their size.Rate it:

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les loups ne se mangent pas entre euxDog does not eat dog; There is honour among thieves. Rate it:

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let alonenot to mentionRate it:

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let aloneMuch less; to say nothing of.Rate it:

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let me seeUsed as a filled pause to indicating thinking or pondering, not inviting hearer to participate.Rate it:

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let offTo forgive and not punish.Rate it:

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Let Sleeping Dogs LieNot to invite trouble, to be calm and avoid stirring any possible troubleRate it:

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Let the Chips Fall Where They MayTo do what seems right, just and proper to you without caring much about the consequencesRate it:

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let's not and say we didIndicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action and does not wish to participate; often said as a joke--sometimes as an expression that the speaker doesn't want to do the proposed action or to indicate that they are happy doing what they are doing and don't want to change that by doing the proposed actionRate it:

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lex dubia non obligat(law) A doubtful law is not binding.Rate it:

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liber perditusa lost book of which fragments (relliquiae, not fragmenta) remain.Rate it:

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libro continetur aliquidthe book contains something... (not continet aliquid).Rate it:

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libro scriptor complexus est aliquidthe book contains something... (not continet aliquid).Rate it:

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life is just a bowl of cherrieslife is going great; sometimes this phrase is said sarcastically and then it means life is not greatRate it:

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life is not all beer and skittlesNot everything about life is pleasurable.Rate it:

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life's not all skittles and beerSkittles and Beer refers to the carefree, indulgent bar life; skittles being a British pub game. Thus, life's not all skittles and beer means that not everything is about pleasure.Rate it:

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lightning chessA form of chess in which each player must move much faster than normal. Time is controlled by a clock or a buzzer. If a player fails to make the time control he or she forfeits the game. Also known as speed chess.Rate it:

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like a bull at a gatecharging into some task without much thought, taking action hastilyRate it:

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like a bump on a logDormant, static, not moving or responding; idly, listlessly, or uselesslyRate it:

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like it or lump itTo accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.Rate it:

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Like it or Lump itSomething that is certain to happen, whether one likes it or notRate it:

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like speaking to a brick walla saying used of the difficulty of talking to someone who is not listeningRate it:

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like there is no tomorrowto an excessive degree, desperately, very quickly or very muchRate it:

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like wading through treacleIncredibly slow going, or not going anywhere.Rate it:

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lionA large cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly to much of Europe. The term may apply to the species as a whole, to individuals, or to male individuals. It also applies to related species like mountain lions.Rate it:

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listen sisterExclamatory remark made to a female, not necessarily a blood relative.Rate it:

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litterarum studium or tractatio (not occupatio)the study of belles-lettres; literary pursuits.Rate it:

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little pitchers have big earsSmall children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).Rate it:

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live on the edgeTo be caught in an economic or societal situation which one did not choose, which threatens one's well-being or life, and which causes distress.Rate it:

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live outTo not reside on the premises of one's employerRate it:

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live paycheck to paycheckTo spend all that one earns without saving anything.Rate it:

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live withTo regard as adequate or manageable although not entirely satisfactory; to accept; to tolerate.Rate it:

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loco or vestigio se non moverenot to stir from one's place.Rate it:

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locum Platonis afferre, proferre (not citare)to quote a passage of Plato.Rate it:

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long timeUsed as part of greeting of two people who have not been in contact for a long time.Rate it:

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look the other wayDeliberately overlook something, especially something of an illicit nature. For example, They're not really entitled to a discount but the sales manager decided to look the other way .Rate it:

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look throughTo pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visibleRate it:

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loose endThe end of a rope that has not been fastened.Rate it:

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