L
Idioms beginning with "L"
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[laugh one's head off] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To laugh very hard; be unable to stop laughing.
Paul's stories are so wildly funny that I laugh my head off whenever he starts telling one of them.
[laugh up one's sleeve] or [laugh in one's sleeve]
or [laugh in one's beard]
To be amused but not show it; hide your laughter.
He was laughing up his sleeve when Joe answered the phone because he knew the call would he a joke.
[laughing matter] {n.}
A funny happening; a silly situation. — Usually used with "no".
John's failing the test is no laughing matter!
* /We were amused when our neighbor's cat had five kittens, but when our own cat had six kittens it was no […]
[launch window] {n.}, {Space English}, {informal}
1. A period of time when the line-up of planets, Sun, and Moon are such as to make favorable conditions for a specific space launch.
* /The mission was canceled until the next launch window which will […]
[law of averages] {n. phr.}
The idea that you can't win all the time or lose all the time.
The Celtics have won 10 games in a row but the law of averages will catch up with them soon.
[law unto oneself] {n. phr.}, {literary}
A person who does only what he wishes; a person who ignores or breaks the law when he doesn't like it.
Everybody in Germany feared Hitler because he was a law unto himself.
* /Mr. Brown told Johnny that he […]
[law-abiding] {adj.}
Obeying or following the law.
Michael had been a law-abiding citizen all his life.