L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[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 […]
[luck]
See:
[DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK],
[LUCK OUT],
[PRESS ONE'S LUCK] or [PUSH ONE'S LUCK],
[IN LUCK],
[OUT OF LUCK].
[luck out] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
1. Suddenly to get lucky when in fact the odds are against one's succeeding.
I was sure I was going to miss the train as I was three minutes late, but I lucked out, the train was five minutes late.
2. To […]
[lucky star] {n.}
A certain star or planet which, by itself or with others, is seriously or jokingly thought to bring a person good luck and success in life.
John was born under a lucky star.
* /Ted was unhurt in the car accident, for which he […]
[lump in one's throat] {n. phr.}
A feeling (as of grief or pride) so strong that you almost sob.
John's mother had a lump in her throat at his college graduation.
All during her husband's funeral, Aunt May had a lump in her throat.
* /The […]
[lump sum] {n.}
The complete amount; a total agreed upon and to be paid at one time.
The case was settled out of court with the plaintiff receiving a lump sum of half a million dollars for damages.
[lunar module (L.M.)] or [Lem] {n.}, {Space English}
That portion of the rocket assemblage on a flight to the Moon in which the astronauts descend to the Moon's surface.
* /Building the L.M. was one of the most expensive parts of the American space […]