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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 toTo turn towards the wind so that the boat stopsRate 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 vin est tiré, il faut le boireYou have gone too far now to draw back; In for a penny, in for a pound.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 proactively take charge of a situation; to be bold in exerting one's will in a situation.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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leap to mindTo appear in one's thoughts.Rate it:

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leave a sour taste in one's mouthTo give one an unpleasant feeling or memory.Rate it:

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leave for deadTo abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.Rate it:

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leave homeTo stop living with one's parents.Rate it:

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leave to one's own devicesTo leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.Rate it:

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lecto tenerito be confined to one's bed.Rate it:

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left turnUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see left, turn.Rate it:

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left turnAn unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going.Rate it:

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lefty loosey, righty tightyA mnemonic used to recall the direction a spanner must turn to either tighten or loosen a bolt.Rate it:

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legend in one's own lifetimeOne who achieves great fame while alive.Rate it:

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legend in one's own lunchtimeOne whose fame is insignificant or fleeting.Rate it:

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legend in one's own mindA self-aggrandizing image that a person has of his or her own accomplishmentsRate it:

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les absents ont toujours tortWhen absent, one is never in the right.Rate it:

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les affaires sont les affairesBusiness is business; One must be serious at work.Rate it:

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les grosses mouches passent à travers la toile de la justice, mais les petites y sont prisesOne man may steal a horse, while another dare not look over the hedge; Justice will whip a beggar, but bow to a lord; One does the scath, another has the harm; The crow gets pardoned, and the dove has the blame.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.Rate it:

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate it:

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les pavés le disentIt is in every one’s mouth.Rate it:

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let go and let godTo consciously surrender one's free will to the will of God.Rate it:

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let one goTo fart.Rate it:

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let one's hair downTo relax and enjoy oneself.Rate it:

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let oneself goto cease to care about one's appearanceRate it:

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let outTo enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.Rate it:

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let pastTo allow someone to pass one.Rate it:

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let the grass grow under one's feetTo be idle; to fail to make progress.Rate it:

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let's not and say we didIndicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action and does not wish to participate; often said as a joke--sometimes as an expression that the speaker doesn't want to do the proposed action or to indicate that they are happy doing what they are doing and don't want to change that by doing the proposed actionRate it:

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letters after one's nameA list of abbreviations, separated by commas, representing the academic qualifications and civil or military honours achieved by a person.Rate it:

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level bestThe very best that one can do.Rate it:

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lever la semelle devant quelqu'unTo show any one a clean pair of heels.Rate it:

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lever les yeux au cielto roll one's eyesRate it:

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libel chillUneasiness or unwillingness to speak publicly or to write about a matter, as a result of the threat or suggestion of legal action should one do so.Rate it:

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liber qui fertur alicuiusa book which is attributed to some one.Rate it:

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libidine ferrito be carried away by one's passions.Rate it:

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libidinem alicuius excitareto arouse some one's lust.Rate it:

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librum in manus sumereto take up a book in one's hands.Rate it:

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