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know where the bodies are buriedTo possess confidential information about a person's or organization's misdeeds or other secrets.Rate it:

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l'un bat les buissons et l'autre prend les oiseauxOne does the work and the other reaps the advantage; One man starts the game and another kills it.Rate it:

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l'un vaut l'autreOne is as bad as the other.Rate it:

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la plus belle fille du monde ne peut donner que ce qu'elle aNo man can give more than he has; A man cannot give what he has not got.Rate it:

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ladies' loungeA room in a pub or hotel, separate from the main drinking area, in which drinks are served; originally a place for women to drink in when not welcome or not comfortable in the traditionally male-oriented public bar, and latterly a more genteel area than the public bar. Rate it:

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land poorIn a condition of poverty as a result of inability to meet tax payments or other financial requirements for one's land holdings.Rate it:

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lapsed academicA person formerly employed as a professor or researcher in a university or other institution of higher education, especially one who no longer attempts to remain current in his or her former academic field.Rate it:

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late bloomerA person who lives a child's life comparatively later than their peers.Rate it:

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late bloomerA person who reaches puberty comparatively later than their peers.Rate it:

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lawn sleevesUsed other than as an idiom: see lawn, sleeves.Rate it:

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lay oddsTo offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.Rate it:

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lay of the landThe trends, feelings, intentions, and other factors influencing a strategic, political, or social situation.Rate it:

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le vrai peut quelquefois n'être pas vraisemblableTruth is stranger than fiction.Rate it:

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leave for deadTo abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.Rate it:

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left turnUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see left, turn.Rate it:

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leg manUsed other than as an idiom: see leg, man.Rate it:

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legally bindingUsed other than as an idiom: see legally, binding.Rate it:

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less is moreThat which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; simplicity is preferable to complexity; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.1855, Robert Browning, "Men and Women":Well, less is more, Lucrezia: I am judged.1954, "'Less Is More'," Time, 14 Jun.:The essence of Mies's architectural philosophy is in his famous and sometimes derided phrase, "Less is more." This means, he says, having "the greatest effect with the least means."2007, Gia Kourlas, "Dance Review: An Ordered World Defined With Soothing Spareness," New York Times, 3 Mar. (retrieved 22 Oct. 2008):The program, which features two premieresRate it:

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let there be lightUsed other than as an idiom: see let, there, be, light.Rate it:

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lick someone's assUsed other than as an idiom. to perform anilingus on someoneRate it:

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lie toTo have the sails arranged so as to counteract each other.Rate it:

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light paintingUsed other than as an idiom: see light, painting.Rate it:

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like talking to a wallOf an attempt at communication: unsuccessful because of the ignorance or stubbornness of the other party.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 whoreSomeone who goes to great lengths to get other people to link to his/her website or blog.Rate it:

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lire du pouce (or, doigt)To skip in reading (i.e. to do more work with the thumb than the brain).Rate it:

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little oldUsed other than as an idiom: see little, old.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 womanUsed other than as an idiom: see little, woman.Rate it:

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loaded diceUsed other than as an idiom: see loaded, dice.Rate it:

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long tailUsed other than as an idiom: The tail of a distribution that represents the rare occurrence of extreme values..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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lubrication paymentA bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.Rate it:

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magic eyeUsed other than as an idiom: see magic, eye.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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magnetic deviationUsed other than as an idiom: see magnetic, deviation.Rate it:

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mail it inUsed other than as an idiom: see mail, it, in.Rate it:

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main dragUsed other than as an idiom: see main, drag.Rate it:

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main sequenceUsed other than as an idiom: see main, sequence.Rate it:

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

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make a meal ofTo spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated.Rate it:

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make heavy weather ofTo overcomplicate things, to make things appear worst than they are.Rate it:

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make it rainUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see make,‎ it,‎ rain.Rate it:

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make it rainto bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activityRate it:

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make no mistakeUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see make,‎ no,‎ mistake.Rate it:

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make one's markTo sign (a document) by making a cross or other mark.Rate it:

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make timeTo travel at faster than usual speed.Rate it:

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make yourself prettyimprove the way you look i.e. get dressed (especially in something nicer than what you are already wearing), put on makeup, brush your hair, brush your teeth, etc; connotes that you are not pretty enough at this moment and that you should improve the way you look; an insult sometimes used intentionally (or unintentionally) to make someone feel inferiorRate it:

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mal d'autrui n'est que songeOther people’s woes do not affect us much.Rate it:

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male-to-femaleUsed other than as an idiom: see female, to, male.Rate it:

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