L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[leave word with] {v. phr.}
To leave a message.
Hank left word with his secretary where he could be reached by phone while he was away from his office.
[left field] {n.}
1. The part of a baseball out-field to the batter's left.
Right-handed batters usually hit to left field.
Compare: [CENTER FIELD], [RIGHT FIELD].
2. See: [OUT IN LEFT FIELD] — [left fielder] {n.}
The player in baseball who […]
[left-handed] {adj.}, {informal}
1. Using the left hand habitually.
2. Crooked; phoney; homosexual.
Morris is such a left-handed guy.
3. Clumsy; untoward; awkward.
Grab that hammer and stop acting so left-handed.
[left-handed compliment]
An ambiguous compliment which is interpretable as an offense.
I didn't know you could look so pretty! Is that a wig you're wearing?
[left-wing] {adj.}
That which is or belongs to a group of people in politics that favors radical change in the direction of socialism or communism.
The left-wing faction called for an immediate strike.
[legal age] or [lawful age]
The age at which a person is allowed to do a certain thing or is held responsible for an action.
In most states the legal age for voting is 27.
He could not get a driver's license because he was not of lawful age.