L
Idioms beginning with "L"
Part of speech, explanation, example sentences, pronunciation
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Contents of L:
[love]
See:
[FOR LOVE OR MONEY],
[IN LOVE],
[LABOR OF LOVE],
[MAKE LOVE],
[NO LOVE LOST],
[PUPPY LOVE] also [CALF LOVE].
[love affair] {n.}
A friendship between lovers; a romance or courtship.
The love affair of Bob and Jane went on for months.
Harry had many love affairs, but he never married.
[love game] {n.}
A game of tennis which is won without the opponent scoring.
Britain took a love game on Songster's service.
[love-in] {n.}, {slang}, {informal}
A festival or occasion to celebrate life, human sensuality, the beauty of nature, human sexuality, and universal love; affairs so conceived by some frequently deteriorate into obscenity and drug using sessions in […]
[lovers' lane] {n.}
A hidden road or walk where lovers walk or park in the evening.
A parked car in a lonely lovers' lane often is a chance for holdup men.
[lowbrow] {n.}
A person of limited culture; a nonintellectual.
Some people claim that only lowbrows read the comics.
Contrast: [HIGH BROW].
[lowdown] {n.}, {slang}, {informal}
The inside facts of a matter; the total truth.
Nixon never gave the American people the lowdown on Watergate.
[lower the boom] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To punish strictly; check or stop fully.
The mayor lowered the boom on outside jobs for city firemen.
Father lowered the boom on the girls for staying out after midnight.
Syn.: [CRACK DOWN].
* /The […]
[low-key] {adj.}
Relaxed and easygoing.
Surprisingly, dinner with the governor was a low-key affair.