L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[live on borrowed time] {v. phr.}
To live or last longer than was expected.
Ever since his operation, Harvey felt he was living on borrowed time.
* /Mr. Brown was living on borrowed time because a year ago the doctors had told him he would only […]
[live out] {v.}
1. To finish (a period of time); spend.
Smith lived out the year in the North as he had agreed, but then moved to the South again.
After retiring, John and his wife lived out their lives in Florida.
2. To last through; endure […]
[live out of a suitcase] {v. phr.}
To have no permanent residence or a permanent place to hang one's clothes.
When Jennifer accepted her new job, she had no idea that she would have to live out of a suitcase for six months.
[live up to] {v.}
To act according to; come up to; agree with; follow.
So far as he could, John had always tried to live up to the example he saw in Lincoln.
Bob was a man who lived up to his promises.
* /The new house didn't live up to […]
[live wire] {n. phr.}
1. An electrically charged wire, usually uninsulated.
The electrician was severely burned by the live wire.
2. An alert or energetic person.
* /To sell the new merchandise, our company needs several salespeople who are live […]
[living end] {adj.}, {slang}
Great; fantastic; the ultimate.
That show we saw last night was the living end.
[loaded for bear] {adj. phr.}, {slang}
Ready for action; prepared and eager.
Frank liked the new merchandise and as he set out on his rounds as a salesman, he felt really loaded for bear.
The football team arrived Friday noon, loaded for bear.
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