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like a hot knife through buttervery quickly and easily doneRate it:

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like a ton of bricksVery strongly; very heavily; often unexpectedly.Rate it:

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like crackVery addicting.Rate 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 one's life depended on itdesperatelyRate it:

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like shelling peasrepetitive, but very easy.Rate it:

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like shit through a goosevery fastRate 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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like the back end of a busVery unattractive.Rate it:

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like the cat that got the creamlook very satisfied and happy.Rate it:

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like the clappersVery hard or very rapidly.Rate it:

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like the sound of one's own voiceTo talk a lot.Rate 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 two peas in a podvery similar; a couple made for each otherRate it:

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like white on riceInseparable; in very close proximity; following closely.Rate it:

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like white on riceInseparably; in very close proximity.Rate it:

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limber upto stretch; stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, as before exerciseRate it:

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line one's pocketsTo accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.Rate it:

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lingua graeca latinā locupletior (copiosior, uberior) estthe Greek language is a richer one than the Latin.Rate it:

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link whoringThe practice of going out of one's way to place links to one's website on someone else's webpage.Rate it:

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litterarum studia remittereto relax one's studies.Rate it:

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litteras discere ab aliquoto be educated by some one.Rate it:

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little emperorIn contemporary China, a child with no siblings who is regarded as overly protected and spoiled. (Seen as belonging to a generation which is a product of China's "one-child" policy.)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 beyond one's meansHave a lifestyle where one's spending regularly exceeds one's income.Rate it:

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live by the sword, die by the swordOne who uses violence can expect a violent response. It is better to try to use peaceful means wherever possible.(figuratively) One can expect dire outcomes from any vice; used to convey poetic justice.Rate it:

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live inTo reside on the premises of one's employerRate 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 oneA person, thing, or situation which is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or urgent.Rate it:

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live oneSomeone who is easily fooled, victimized, or ridiculed.Rate it:

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live oneSomeone who is eccentric, nonconformist, or otherwise peculiar.Rate it:

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

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live outto pass time or to pass the remainder of one's life, especially in a particular place or situationRate it:

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

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live the dreamTo experience the achievement of every success that one has aspired to achieve, especially from a career.Rate it:

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living deathA condition of suffering, solitude, or impairment so extreme as to deprive one's existence of all happiness and meaning.Rate it:

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living high on the hogLiving richly, often above one's meansRate it:

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loco excedereto abandon one's position.Rate it:

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

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long tailSales made for less usual goods within a very large choice, which can return a profit through reduced marketing and distribution costs.Rate it:

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longum itineris spatium emetirito finish a very long journey.Rate it:

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look aroundTo turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.Rate it:

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look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpenceTo look annoyed or displeased.Rate it:

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look down one's noseTo regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt.Rate it:

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look down one's shirtTo look at a girl's breasts.Rate it:

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look offTo mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.Rate it:

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