L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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[labor movement] {n.}
Groups which form, strengthen, and increase membership in labor unions.
His father was connected with the labor movement in the 1920's.
[labor of love] {n. phr.}
Something done for personal pleasure and not pay or profit.
Building the model railroad was a labor of love for the retired engineer.
[labor under] {v. phr.}
To be the victim of; suffer from.
Ken is obviously laboring under the delusion that Jennifer will marry him out of love.
[lace into] or [tie into] {v.}, {informal}
To attack physically or with words; begin to hit or criticize.
The boxer laced into his opponent.
The critics laced into the new movie.
Syn.: [LAY INTO], [RIP INTO].
Compare: [GIVE IT TO].
[ladies' room] {n. phr.}
A public toilet and restroom for women.
Can you please tell me where the ladies' room is?
[lady friend] {n.}
1. A woman friend.
His aunt stays with a lady friend in Florida during the winter.
2. A woman who is the lover of a man. — Used by people trying to appear more polite, but not often used by careful speakers.
* /The lawyer took […]
[lady-killer] {n.}, {informal}
1. Any man who has strong sex appeal toward women.
Joe is a regular lady-killer.
2. A man who relentlessly pursues amorous conquests, is successful at it, and then abandons his heartbroken victims.
* /The legendary […]
[lady of the house] {n. phr.}
Female owner, or wife of the owner, of the house; the hostess.
"Dinner is served," the lady of the house announced to her guests.
[lady's man] {n.}
A man or boy who likes to be with women or girls very much and is popular with them.
Charlie is quite a lady's man now.