We've found 54 phrases for LP (0.147 seconds):

a different ballpark »    Something totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.

a friend in need is a friend indeed »    A true friend is one who helps you when you are in need.

a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down »    An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.

babe in the woods »    A person who is innocent, naive, inexperienced, or helpless.

ballpark estimate »    A ballpark figure, a very rough approximation.

ballpark figure »    An educated guess or estimation within acceptable bounds.

ballpoint pen »    writing implement

be my guest »    Do as you wish; go ahead; help yourself; go for it!.

beauty sleep »    C. 1900, Ralph Connor, The Man From Glengarry, ch. 23.

bring owls to Athens »    Who brings owls to Athens? — Euelpides, in Aristophanes' Birds.

by oneself »    Alone; without assistance, accompaniment, or help from others.

call in »    To summon someone, especially for help or advice.

chip in »    To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.

come in handy »    To be useful or helpful, especially at some time in the future.

cry for help »    Acting out as a means of displaying a subconscious desire for attention or help.

Like Phrases.net?  Why won't you tell a friend about us?