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knowledge is powerWith knowledge and/or education, one's potential or ability to succeed in the pursuit of his objectives will certainly increase.Rate it:

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l'appétit vient en mangeantOne leg of mutton helps down another; The more one has the more one wants; Begin to eat, you’ll soon be hungry.Rate it:

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l'un bat les buissons et l'autre prend les oiseauxOne does the work and the other reaps the advantage; One man starts the game and another kills it.Rate it:

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l'un vaut l'autreOne is as bad as the other.Rate it:

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L-bombThe word love, or an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship.Rate it:

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L-bomban expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationshipRate it:

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la charité, s'il vous plaît!Please give me a penny!Rate it:

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la clef dont on se sert est toujours claireOne does not get rusty in what one does every day.Rate it:

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la fortune rit aux sotsFools have the best luck.Rate it:

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la nuit tous les chats sont grisAt night one may easily be mistaken; At night beauty is of no account; When candles are away, all cats are grey.Rate it:

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la pièce n'est que quelconqueThe piece (i.e. the play) is quite an ordinary one.Rate it:

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la plus belle fille du monde ne peut donner que ce qu'elle aNo man can give more than he has; A man cannot give what he has not got.Rate it:

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lacerare bona sua (Verr. 3. 70. 164)to squander all one's property.Rate it:

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lâcher priseTo let go one’s hold.Rate it:

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lacrimas tenere non posseto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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lacrimis obortiswith tears in one's eyes.Rate it:

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laid one onGot drunk.Rate it:

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laisser voir le bout de l'oreilleTo show one’s ignorance (or, true character); To show what one is driving at; To show the cloven hoof.Rate it:

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land a windfallTo win a valuable prize, become an heir to a cash legacy, experience a valuable one of a kind item dropped in your lap.Rate it:

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land of plentyA utopia that provides for all one's needsRate it:

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land on one's feetTo be lucky, or successful, often in difficult situations.Rate it:

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land poorIn a condition of poverty as a result of inability to meet tax payments or other financial requirements for one's land holdings.Rate it:

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landing stripA runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary.Rate it:

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lap of luxuryA position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged.Rate it:

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lapsed academicA person formerly employed as a professor or researcher in a university or other institution of higher education, especially one who no longer attempts to remain current in his or her former academic field.Rate it:

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last burst of fireA state of exertion where one gives one's all; expending all of one's remaining energy in a final effort to achieve one's goal.Rate it:

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last thing one needsSomething not wanted by someone, who is already burdened.Rate it:

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laugh in one's sleeveTo laugh secretly or to oneself.Rate it:

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laugh one's head offTo laugh uproariouslyRate it:

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laugh up one's sleeveTo laugh secretly or to oneself.Rate it:

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laughter is the best medicineIt is healthy to laugh.Rate it:

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laundry listHence, a long list of items, especially an exhaustive one.Rate it:

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lawyer upTo exercise one's right to legal representation, especially on the occasion of refusing to answer law-enforcement officials' questions without the presence of such legal representation.Rate it:

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Lay an EggTo give a pathetic and shaming performance in somethingRate it:

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lay an eggThe act or performance which is substandard in one's capability. An act or performance which is substandard or below the typical level of one's usual production or output: An act, production or presentation of a noxious, negative, repulsive, boorish nature:Rate it:

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lay backTo lie down on one's back; to lie back.Rate it:

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lay downTo sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life.".Rate it:

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lay downTo give up, surrender, or yield , usually by placing it on the ground.Rate it:

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lay oddsTo offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.Rate it:

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lay to restTo bury one who has died.Rate it:

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le beurre et l'argent du beurreone's cake and eating it too; two mutually exclusive things, such that one can only choose one over anotherRate it:

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le bien mal acquis ne profite jamaisIll-gotten gains benefit no one; Cheats never prosper; Ill got, ill spent.Rate it:

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le fort portant le faibleOne thing with another; On an average.Rate it:

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le plus beau de l'histoire c'était qu'il n'en savait rienThe best of the joke was he knew nothing about it.Rate it:

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lead outA race tactic, used to set up a rider for a sprint finish, in which one rider on a team will ride at a very high rate of speed with a teammate following directly behind in his slipstream thus enabling the following rider to gain speed without expending as much energy as he normally would. See drafting.Rate it:

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lead with one's chinTo leave one's chin unprotected.Rate it:

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lead with one's chinTo behave without caution; to make oneself vulnerable.Rate it:

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leading lightAn acclaimed expert, one of the foremost experts, a luminary.Rate it:

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lean and meanEfficient because of having nothing in excess of what is needed, and single-minded in one's objective.Rate it:

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lean inTo shift one's weight forward; to lean forward or towards something.Rate it:

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