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life's a bitchAn expression of acceptance of misfortune.1950, Joy Davidman, Weeping Bay, page 184:She'd have been willing enough to use them, poor dead little bitch. Life's a bitch. Life's a bad joke.Rate it:

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life's a bitch and then you dieOne should expect the worst.Rate it:

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life's a bitch and then you dieyour life had been a living hell from the start to your grave.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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life's too shortAlternative form of life is too shortRate it:

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light bucketNickname for a reflecting telescope, especially one with a relatively large aperture and suitable for observing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.Rate it:

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light on one's feetnimble, light-footedRate it:

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light on one's feeteffeminate, homosexualRate it:

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light paintingA painting created using one of these techniques.Rate it:

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light paintingThe artistic technique of moving a light source to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or scene a camera is recording (at a slow shutter speed), or to shine directly into the camera and in this way sketch.Rate it:

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lighten upTo become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax.Rate it:

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like a cat in a strange garretHaving a feeling of uncertainty and misapprehension due to being in an unfamiliar situation.Rate it:

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like a dog in heatVery energetic and enthusiastic, especially when sexually aroused.Rate it:

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like a dog on heatVery energetic and enthusiastic, especially when sexually aroused.Rate it:

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

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like a lamb to the slaughterhelplessly and innocently, without knowing the unpleasant consequences.Rate it:

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like a manbravely, decisively and without complainingRate it:

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like chalk and cheeseAlternative form of different as chalk and cheese.Rate it:

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like clockworkWith perfect regularity and precision; faultless.Rate it:

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like father, like sonA son will have traits similar to his father upon reaching adulthood.Rate it:

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like feeding time at the zooExtremely frenetic, disorderly and messy.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 mother, like daughterA daughter will have traits similar to her mother upon reaching adulthood.Rate it:

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like one's life depended on itdesperatelyRate it:

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

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like the sound of one's own voiceTo talk a lot.Rate it:

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Like Two Peas in a PodHaving same appearance and looks, to be alike in structure and physiqueRate it:

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like, whoa!Slow down; stop; you are going too fast.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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lingua promptum esseto have a ready tongue.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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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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lionThe arms of the University of the West Indies are Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure an open Book proper bound Gules garnished Or on a Chief of the third a Lion passant guardant Erminois. Crest: A Pelican proper. . See talk page.Rate it:

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lionAn individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.Rate it:

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litora ac portus custodia clausos tenereto keep the coast and harbours in a state of blockade.Rate it:

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

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litteras adamasse (only in perf. and plup.)to be an enthusiastic devotee of letters.Rate it:

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

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litteras scireto have received a liberal education.Rate it:

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litteris leviter imbutum or tinctum esseto have received a superficial education.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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Little Pitchers Have Big EarsSometimes little children who listen to old people’s conversation hear and perceive things a lot than people expect them toRate it:

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little pitchers have long earsAlternative form of little pitchers have big ears.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 and learnAn exhortation to gain knowledge from living experiences. Commonly used after an accident or misfortune to indicate a moral lesson.Rate it:

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live and let liveTo be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same.Rate it:

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