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la belle cage ne nourrit pas l'oiseauFine clothes do not fill the stomach.Rate it:

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la niaise! pleurer à chaudes larmes pour une vétilleThe silly girl! to cry her eyes out for a trifle.Rate it:

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la nuit porte conseilTime will show a plan; Sleep upon it; Seek advice of your pillow.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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lacrimis obortiswith tears in one's eyes.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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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 a finger onIf you lay a finger on my little brother, I'll have your guts for garters.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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le roi jean a crevé les yeux à arthurKing John caused Arthur’s eyes to be put out.Rate it:

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

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left fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.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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les oreilles ont dû vous corner (tinter)Your ears must have burned.Rate it:

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les yeux à fleur de têteGoggle eyes (i.e. on a level with the cheek-bone and fore-head).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 the puppies breathetake your shoes off and let your feet (puppies) breatheRate 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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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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light paintingUsed other than as an idiom: see light, painting.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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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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locked in loveSomeone is obsessed with you that they ruin your life.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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look throughTo search, either with the eyes or by handRate it:

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love handlesBulge around the stomach and hip area.Rate it:

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luminibus orbare aliquemto deprive a person of his eyes.Rate it:

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

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magna est exspectatio ingenii tuiwe expect a great deal from a man of your calibre.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 no mistakeUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see make,‎ no,‎ mistake.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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