L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[long-winded] {adj.}
Tedious; overlong; given to too much talking.
Everyone was bored by the old man's long-winded stories.
[look after] also [see after] {v.}
To watch over; attend to.
John's mother told him to look after his younger brother.
When he went to Europe, Mr. Jenkins left his son to see after the business.
Syn.: [TAKE CARE OF] (1).
Compare: [LOOK OUT] […]
[look a gift horse in the mouth]
To complain if a gift is not perfect. — A proverb. Usually used with a negative.
John gave Joe a baseball but Joe complained that the ball was old. His father told him not to look a gift horse in the mouth.
[look alive] {v.}
Act lively; be quick; wake up and work; be busy; hurry. — Often used as a command.
"Look alive there," the boss called.
[look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth]
See: [BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH].
[look as if one has come out of a bandbox] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To look very clean and fresh; look as if you had just had a bath and put on all-new clothing.
* /In spite of the long, hot train ride, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a […]
[look at] {v.}
To have a way of thinking or feeling toward; think about something in a certain way.
Is he a hero or a villain? That depends on how you look at it.
* /Depending on how you looked at it, the tea party could be called a pleasure or a […]
[look at the world through rose-colored glasses] or [see with rose-colored glasses] {v. phr.}
To see everything as good and pleasant; not see anything hard or bad.
* /When Jean graduated from high school, she looked at the world through rose-colored […]
[look back] {v.}
To review the past; think of what has happened.
As John looked back, his life seemed good to him.
Murphy looked back on his early struggles as having made him feel especially alive.
* /When Ed applied for a job and asked the […]