Idiom Index: Words and Themes Beginning with ‘L’

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Find idioms related to words beginning with the letter L.

Large

• At Large
• By and Large

Last

• At Last (or at Long Last)
• Each And Every One (Every Last One, Every Single One)
• Last But Not Least
• Last Fling (have a)
• Last Laugh (have/get the)
• Last of the Big Spenders
• Last One In is a Rotten Egg
• Last Person (or Thing), the
• Last Resort
• Last Word, the
• Last-Ditch (effort, attempt)
• On Your (or One’s) Last Legs
• The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back

Late

• A Day Late and a Dollar Short
• Better Late Than Never
• Johnny-Come-Lately

Latin Related Idioms

• A Word To The Wise
• Ad Nauseam
• Backhanded Compliment
• Better The Devil You Know
• Beware Of Greeks Bearing Gifts
• Call a Spade a Spade, to
• Cross the Rubicon
• De Facto
• Die Is Cast, the
• Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed, to
• Pros and Cons

Laugh

• Har Har!
• Last Laugh (have/get the)

Laundry

• Air Dirty Laundry In Public
• Money Laundering

Law

• Above the Law
• Murphy’s Law

Lay/Lie

• Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
• Lie Low
• You Have Made Your Bed and Must Lie In It

Lead

• Blind Leading the Blind

Least

• Last But Not Least

Leave

• Beat It
• Buzz Off
• Elvis Has Left the Building
• Leave Holding the Bag
• Take French Leave
• Take Off

Left

• Two Left Feet

Leg/Legs

• Arm and a Leg, an
• On Your (or One’s) Last Legs
• Pull Someone’s Leg
• Shake a Leg
• Talk The Hind Legs Off A Donkey

Legal Idioms

• Act of God, an
• Aid and Abet
• Null and Void

Length

• At Arm’s Length
• At Length
• On the Same Wavelength, to be

Less

• I Couldn’t Care Less

Let

• Blow Off Steam
• Face It
• Let Bygones Be Bygones
• Let Me See
• Let Me Think About It
• Let Nature Take It’s Course
• Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
• Let The Grass Grow Under One’s Feet

Letter

• Red Letter Day

Life

• Facts Of Life
• Life Of Riley
• Life of the Party

Lift

• Not Lift a Finger

Light

• Green Light
• Light On Your Feet
• Travel Light
• Trip the Light Fantastic

Like

• A Likely Story
• Drawn Like a Moth to a Flame
• Drink Like a Fish
• Feel Like (feel like doing something)
• Grin Like a Cheshire Cat
• Hot Potato
• In Like Flynn, to be
• Know Something Like the Back Of One’s Hand
• Like Herding Cats
• Like Nobody’s Business
• Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel
• Like Something The Cat Dragged In
• Like Taking Candy From a Baby
• Like There’s No Tomorrow
• Read Someone Like a Book
• Sell Like Hot Cakes
• Two Peas in a Pod, like
• Watch Like a Hawk

Limit

• The (Absolute) Limit

Line

• Draw the Line
• Hook, Line, and Sinker
• Make a Beeline for (someone, something)
• Read Between the Lines
• Toe the Line

Lip

• Keep a Stiff Upper Lip

Live/Living

• Hand To Mouth, living from
• On Borrowed Time

Log

• Easy as Falling Off a Log

Look

• Keep a Lookout Meaning
• Look Down Your Nose
• Look Forward To Something
• Look What the Cat Dragged In
• Miles Away, to be
• Needle in a Haystack
• Not Much to Look At

Loose

• All Hell Breaks Loose
• Play Fast And Loose (with someone or something)

Lose

• Can’t Win For Losing
• Gain Ground
• Losing My Religion
• Use It or Lose It
• You Snooze, You Lose
• You’ve Lost Me

Loud

• Actions Speak Louder Than Words
• Loudmouth, be a

Luck

• Beginner’s Luck
• Dumb Luck
• Luck Of The Draw

Lump

• Lump In Your Throat
• Take Your Lumps