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light upTo bring light to something, to brighten.Rate it:

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lighten someone's purseto take money from someone.Rate it:

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lights, camera, actionThe traditional cue to the members of a film crew at the beginning of a take.Rate it:

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like a moth to a flameIt’s an expression that indicates you’re drawn to something that will harm youRate it:

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like buzzards on a gut wagonTo get right on something. To do something promptly.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 Pulling TeethTo feel great difficulty in doing somethingRate it:

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like shooting fish in a barrelTo imply that something is very easy. Can be used sarcastically to mean the oppositeRate it:

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lire entre les lignesto read between the linesRate it:

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listen afterTo take an interest in.Rate it:

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litteras perferre aliquoto take a letter somewhere.Rate it:

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litteras recitare (Att. 8. 9. 2)to read a letter aloud (in public).Rate it:

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little did [they] know/realize/imagineThey weren't aware of something ahead of time; they didn't know some important information before making a decision/acting.Rate it:

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little oldEmphatically, affectionately, or humorously little; ordinary or harmless (especially when trying to downplay the importance of something).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 a lieTo conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.Rate it:

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live downTo get used to something shameful.Rate it:

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living endThe most extreme form of something or the final and most impactful development in a series of events - whether favorable or unfavorableRate it:

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Lock the Barn Door after the Horse is OutTo be become more conscious in doing something when it is already too late, to give useless try to somethingRate it:

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lock upTo invest in something long term.Rate it:

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lone gunmanAn individual person who acts on his or her own initiative, without partners, especially one who has sole responsibility for doing something questionable, confidential, or iniquitous.Rate it:

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long shotSomething unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.Rate it:

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look aroundTo take note of what is going on; To make oneself aware.Rate it:

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look before you leapDon't jump into something too precipitously; be at least a bit foresightful or circumspect.Rate it:

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look beyondTo see potential past obvious flaws; to consider something more than something else.Rate it:

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look for a dog to kickTo seek someone or something to blame.Rate it:

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look forwardTo anticipate or expect; especially, to expect something to be pleasant.Rate it:

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look overTo scan-read and check for errors.Rate it:

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look the other wayTo ignore something wrong. Similar to connive.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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look upTo obtain information about something from a text source.Rate it:

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look uponTo gaze at something; to look on.Rate it:

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look uponTo consider or regard something in a specific manner.Rate it:

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look who's talkingused when someone receives criticism for something by someone else who is guilty of the same thingRate it:

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looking for devils under doilieslooking for something that isn't there, paranoia or hypochondria.Rate it:

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loop inTo include in communications about something; to keep informed about something.Rate it:

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lord be jiffwhen something is irritating/upsettingRate it:

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Lord love youSaid to soften the negative impact of something that is said next.Rate it:

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Lord only knowsAlternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.Rate it:

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lose oneself into be deeply occupied, focused or absorbed in someone or somethingRate it:

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lose touchTo cease to be familiar with someone or something or to cease to communicate or have contact.Rate it:

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louse aroundTo slack off; be lazy; be a "parasite" to someone/something.Rate it:

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lower the boom onTo terminate or abolish something.Rate it:

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lucky starSomething that appears to give a person luckRate it:

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luere aliquid aliqua re (De Sen. 20)to atone for something by...Rate it:

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magic upTo create something or cause something to come forth, by magic or by some other unexplained means.Rate it:

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major inTo take as one's major field of study in an institute of tertiary education.Rate it:

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make a clean breastto be honest about something; to confessRate it:

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Make a Federal Case Out of SomethingTo give something more importance than it deservesRate it:

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