L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[laid up] {adj.}
Sick; confined to bed.
I was laid up for a couple of weeks with an ear infection.
[lame duck] {n.}, {informal}
An elected public official who has been either defeated in a new election or whose term cannot be renewed, but who has a short period of time left in office during which he can still perform certain duties, though with […]
[landing ship] {n.}
A ship built to land troops and army equipment on a beach for an invasion.
The landing ship came near the beach, doors in the bow opened, and marines ran out.
[land-office business] {n.}, {informal}
A great rush of business.
It was a hot day, and the drive-ins were doing a land-office business in ice cream and cold drinks.