L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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[like father, like son]
A son is usually like his father in the way he acts. — A proverb.
* /Frank's father has been on the city council; he is now the mayor, and is running for governor. Frank is on the student council and is likely to he class […]
[like hell] {adv.}, {slang}, {vulgar}, {avoidable}
1. With great vigor.
As soon as they saw the cops, they ran like hell.
2. {interj.}
Not so; untrue; indicates the speaker's lack of belief in what he heard.
* /Like hell you're gonna bring me […]
[like looking for a needle in a haystack]
See: [NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK].
[like mad] or [like crazy] {adv.}, {slang}, {informal}
With great enthusiasm and vigor; very fast.
We had to drive like mad (like crazy) to get there on time.
See: [LIKE HELL] (1).
[like two peas in a pod] {adj. phr.}
Closely similar; almost exactly alike.
The twin sisters Eve and Agnes are like two peas in a pod.
[like water] {adv. phr.}
As something easily poured out or wasted; freely. — Usually used in the phrase "spend money like water".
Sailors on shore leave often spend money like water.
* /During the World Wars, the United States spent money like […]
[like water off a duck's back] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Without changing your feelings or opinion; without effect.
Advice and correction roll off him like water off a duck's back.
* /Many people showed him they didn't like what he was doing, but […]