L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[large order] {n. phr.}
Difficult job; a difficult task to fulfill.
It is a large order to educate three children in college at the same time.
Compare: [TALL ORDER].
[lash out] {v.}
1. To kick.
The horse lashed out at the man behind him.
2. To try suddenly to hit.
The woman lashed out at the crowd with her umbrella.
3. To attack with words.
The senator lashed out at the administration.
* /The […]
[last]
See:
[AT LAST],
[EVERY LAST MAN],
[EVERY SINGLE] or [EVERY LAST],
[FIRST AND LAST],
[HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST],
[HAVE THE LAST LAUGH],
[ON ONE'S LAST LEGS],
[TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED] or [UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED].
[last but not least] {adv. phr.}
In the last place but not the least important.
Billy will bring sandwiches, Alice will bring cake, Susan will bring cookies, John will bring potato chips, and last but not least, Sally will bring the lemonade.
[last ditch] {n.}
The last place that can be defended; the last resort.
They will fight reform to the last ditch.
[last-ditch] {adj.}
Made or done as a last chance to keep from losing or tailing.
He threw away his cigarettes in a last-ditch effort to stop smoking.
Compare: [BACK TO THE WALL].
[last lap] {n. phr.}
The final stage.
Although the trip had been very interesting, we were glad that we were on the last lap of our tiring journey.
See: [LAST LEG].