English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
Alphabetical List of Idioms - L, page 9
from: 'lock, stock and barrel'
to: 'look a sight'
- lock, stock and barrel
- Lock, stock and barrel means 'everything' or 'every single item'.
"Maggie found the apartment empty. Dave had taken everything - lock, stock and barrel!"
- Lock, stock and barrel means 'everything' or 'every single item'.
- lock horns
- Two people who lock horns engage in a conflict or argument.
"The tension between the two of them is causing problems. They lock horns over everything!"
- Two people who lock horns engage in a conflict or argument.
- (a) lone wolf
- A lone wolf refers a solitary or independent person who prefers to be alone rather than
seek the company of others.
"I remember him as a lone wolf at school. He worked alone and never joined in any group activities."
- A lone wolf refers a solitary or independent person who prefers to be alone rather than
seek the company of others.
- at loggerheads
- If you are at loggerheads with a person or organisation, you disagree very strongly with them.
"The management and the trade unions are at loggerheads over the decision to close down the plant."
- If you are at loggerheads with a person or organisation, you disagree very strongly with them.
- (a) lone wolf
- A lone wolf refers a solitary or independent person who prefers to be alone rather than
seek the company of others.
"I remember him as a lone wolf at school. He worked alone and never joined in any group activities."
- A lone wolf refers a solitary or independent person who prefers to be alone rather than
seek the company of others.
- by a long chalk/shot
- This expression means 'not at all' or 'not in any way' or 'not by any means'.
"The matter hasn't been settled yet, not by a long shot!"
- This expression means 'not at all' or 'not in any way' or 'not by any means'.
- long in the tooth
- To say that a person is long in the tooth is an unkind or humorous way of saying that
they are a bit too old for a particular activity.
"She's a bit long in the tooth for a cabaret dancer, isn't she?"
- To say that a person is long in the tooth is an unkind or humorous way of saying that
they are a bit too old for a particular activity.
- long roe to hoe
- A difficult task, assignment or undertaking that will take a long time is a long row to hoe.
"Getting through medical school is going to be a long row to hoe."
- A difficult task, assignment or undertaking that will take a long time is a long row to hoe.
- come a long way
- When someone hascome a long way, they have made a lot of progress or have become successful.
"Tony has come a long way since he opened his first little restaurant."
- When someone hascome a long way, they have made a lot of progress or have become successful.
- (have) a long way to go
- If you have a long way to go, you still have a lot of work
to do in order to finish something or achieve a goal.
"The editor told Amanda she had a long way to go before her book would be accepted for publication.”
- If you have a long way to go, you still have a lot of work
to do in order to finish something or achieve a goal.
- look before you leap
- This is something you say when advising someone to think
carefully about the possible problems before doing something.
"Don't decide too quickly. Look before you leap!"
- This is something you say when advising someone to think
carefully about the possible problems before doing something.
- look on the bright side
- If you look on the bright side, you view a mostly
unpleasant situation in a positive and optimistic way and the see the favourable aspects.
"OK. You know nobody. But look on the bright side - you'll make lots of new friends!"
- If you look on the bright side, you view a mostly
unpleasant situation in a positive and optimistic way and the see the favourable aspects.
- look daggers
- Someone who looks daggers at another looks at them very angrily.
"David looked daggers at Paul when he invited his new girlfriend to dance."
- Someone who looks daggers at another looks at them very angrily.
- look down one's nose
- If someone looks down their nose at a person or thing, they consider that person or thing as inferior.
"Intellectuals often look down their noses at amusement parks and such."
- If someone looks down their nose at a person or thing, they consider that person or thing as inferior.
- look the part
- If you look the part, your appearance makes you ideally suited for a particular job or role.
"It was a mistake to choose a pretty young girl to play the witch. She didn't look the part at all."
- If you look the part, your appearance makes you ideally suited for a particular job or role.
- look the picture
- If someone looks the picture, they look very pretty.
"The little girl looked the picture in her new dress."
- If someone looks the picture, they look very pretty.
- look the picture of health
- To look the picture of health means to look extremely healthy.
"Nice to see you again Mr. Brown. I must say you look the picture of health."
- To look the picture of health means to look extremely healthy.
- look a sight
- If a person looks a sight, their appearance is awful, unsuitable or very untidy.
"She looks a sight in that dress!"
- If a person looks a sight, their appearance is awful, unsuitable or very untidy.
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