L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[later on] {adv.}
Later; not now.
Finish your lessons. Later on, we may have a surprise.
Bill couldn't stand on his head when school started, but later on he learned how.
[laugh all the way to the bank] {v. phr.}
To have made a substantial amount of money either by lucky investment or by some fraudulent deal and rejoice over one's gains.
* /If you had done what I suggested, you, too, could be laughing all the way to the […]
[laughing matter] {n.}
A funny happening; a silly situation. — Usually used with "no".
John's failing the test is no laughing matter!
* /We were amused when our neighbor's cat had five kittens, but when our own cat had six kittens it was no […]
[laugh off] {v.}
To dismiss with a laugh as not important or not serious; not take seriously.
He had a bad fall while ice skating but he laughed it off.
You can't laugh off a ticket for speeding.
Compare: [MAKE LIGHT OF].
[laugh one out of] {v. phr.}
To cause another to forget his/her worries and sorrows by joking.
Jack was worried about getting airsick, but his son and daughter laughed him out of it.