I
Idioms beginning with "I"
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[in the lap of luxury] {adv. phr.}
Well supplied with luxuries; having most things that money can buy.
Mike grew up in the lap of luxury.
Compare: [ON EASY STREET], [WELL-TO-DO].
[in the lap of the gods] also [on the knees of the gods] {adv. phr.}, {literary}
Beyond human control; not to be decided by anyone.
Frank had worked hard as a candidate, and as election day came he felt that the result was in the lap of the gods.
[…]
[in the least] {adv. phr.}
Even a little; in any degree or amount. — Used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences.
Sue did not understand physics in the least.
Are you in the least interested in sewing?
* /Mother won't be upset […]
[in the line of duty] {adj. phr.}
Done or happening as part of a job.
The policeman was shot in the line of duty.
The soldier had to clean his rifle in the line of duty.
[in the long run] {adv. phr.}
In the end; in the final result.
John knew that lie could make a success of the little weekly paper in the long run.
* /You may make good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will succeed in the long […]
[in the main] {adv. phr.}, {formal}
In most cases; generally; usually.
In the main, small boys and dogs are good friends.
In the main, the pupils did well on the test.
[in the market for] {adj. phr.}
Wishing to buy; ready to buy.
Mr. Jones is in the market for a new car.
People are always in the market for entertainment.
[in the middle] {adv.} or {adj. phr.}
In between two sides of an argument; caught between two dangers.
Mary found herself in the middle of the quarrel between Joyce and Ethel.
* /John promised Tom to go fishing, but his father wanted him to help […]
[in the middle of nowhere] {adv. phr.}
In a deserted, faraway place.
When my car stopped on the highway in the middle of nowhere, it took forever to get help.