L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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Contents of L:
[light on] also [light upon] {v.}
To pick out by sight from among others; see; notice.
His eyes lighted on the cookies and he remembered how hungry he was.
Her eyes lighted upon the row of boxes, and she asked what was in them.
[light out] {v.}, {slang}
1. To run as fast as you can.
The boy lit out for home with the bully chasing him.
On the next pitch the runner will light out for second.
2. To go away in a hurry; leave suddenly. — Often used with "for".
* /Jack […]
[light up] {v.}
Suddenly to look pleased and happy.
Martha's face lit up when she saw her old friend.
Tom will really light up when he sees his new bike!
[light-fingered] {adj.}
Given to stealing; having a tendency to be dishonest or a kleptomaniac.
I always suspected that Freddie might be lightfingered and my suspicions were confirmed when he was arrested for shoplifting.
[lightning never strikes twice in the same place]
The same accident does not happen twice; the same person does not have the same luck again. — A proverb.
* /Billy won a pony in the contest last year, but lightning never strikes twice in the same […]
[like]
See:
[EAT LIKE A BIRD],
[FEEL LIKE],
[LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY],
[NOTHING LIKE],
[THE LIKES OF] or [THE LIKE].