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[lit up like a Christmas tree]  {adj. phr.},  {informal}

To be drunk.

On New Year's Eve Ned was lit up like a Christmas tree.

Compare: [THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND].

[litterbug]  {n.},  {slang},  {informal}

A person who leaves garbage in a public place, such as a park or beach or a street; one who litters.

[little]

See:

[A LITTLE],

[A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING],

[GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW],

[LITTLE FROG IN A BIG POND],

[MAKE LITTLE OF],

[NOT A LITTLE],

[QUITE A LITTLE] or

[QUITE A LITTLE BIT],

[THINK LITTLE OF],

[TWIST  […]

[little does one think]  {v. phr.}

To not realize; not expect; be hardly aware of.

[little folk] or [little people]

See: [WEE FOLK].

[little frog in a big pond] or [small frog in a big pond]  {n. phr.}

An unimportant person in a large group or organization.

In a large company, even a fairly successful man is likely to feel like a little frog in a big pond.

* /When Bill  […]

[little pitchers have big ears]

Little children often overhear things they are not supposed to hear, or things adults do not expect they would notice. — A proverb.

* /Be especially careful not to swear in front of little children. Little pitchers have  […]

[little theater]  {n.}

A theater, usually with nonprofessional actors and actresses, which presents plays more for personal pleasure and practice than for profit.

Little theater groups are active in all parts of the United States.

* /Many famous  […]

[live]

See: [PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES].

[live and learn]

You learn more new things the longer you live; you learn by experience. — A proverb.

"Live and learn," said Mother. "I never knew that the Indians once had a camp where our house is."

* /Janet made her new dress from cheap cloth,  […]