Idioms starting with “L”
450 idioms
- L in the chat
- lab rat
- labor of love
- labour the point
- laced mutton
- ladies' man
- lady garden
- Lady Godiva
- lady or tiger
- lady's man
- land in someone's lap
- land legs
- land on
- land on one's feet
- land poor
- land the plane
- landing strip
- lap of luxury
- large and in charge
- last burst of fire
- last full measure
- last hurrah
- last mile
- last minute
- last month
- last nail in the coffin
- last of the big spenders
- last resort
- last roundup
- last straw
- last summer
- last thing
- last thing one needs
- last time
- last week
- last weekend
- last word
- last year
- latch onto
- late model
- late to the party
- lathered up
- laugh a minute
- laugh all the way to the bank
- laugh in one's sleeve
- laugh one's head off
- laugh out of court
- laugh up one's sleeve
- laughing stock
- laughing tackle
- laundry list
- lay a finger on
- lay an anchor to the windward
- lay an egg
- lay at someone's door
- lay by the heels
- lay down the law
- lay down the marker
- lay eggs
- lay eyes on
- lay hands on
- lay it on
- lay it on thick
- lay of the land
- lay off
- lay on
- lay on the line
- lay one's head
- lay one's tongue to
- lay over
- lay something at the feet of
- lay store by
- lay the groundwork
- lay the wood
- lay to rest
- lead by the nose
- lead foot
- lead nowhere
- lead on
- lead someone to the altar
- lead someone up the garden path
- lead the line
- lead time
- lead to sth
- lead up to
- lead with one's chin
- leading light
- leap out
- leap to mind
- leaps and bounds
- learn how to do sth
- learn one's place
- learn the ropes
- learn to walk before one can run
- learned profession
- leather working
- leave a sour taste in one's mouth
- leave at the door
- leave behind
- leave for dust
- leave home
- leave it all on the field
- leave it alone
- leave it at that
- leave it be
- leave no crumbs
- leave no stone unturned
- leave off
- leave on
- leave sb/sth out
- leave someone at the altar
- leave someone high and dry
- leave someone holding the baby
- leave someone in the dust
- leave someone in the lurch
- leave someone no choice
- leave someone out in the cold
- leave someone to their fate
- leave someone to their own devices
- leave something to be desired
- leave the ball in someone's court
- leave the door open
- leave the nest
- leave things alone
- leave things be
- leave to the imagination
- left-handed compliment
- left turn
- legal beagle
- legal duty
- legend in one's own lifetime
- legend in one's own lunchtime
- lemon law
- lend a hand
- lend an ear
- lend itself to
- les jeux sont faits
- less than
- lesser of two evils
- let a sleeping dog lie
- let alone
- let bygones be bygones
- let crazy stick its dick in you
- let down
- let drive
- let fly
- let go and let God
- let it all hang out
- let it alone
- let it be
- let loose
- let me
- let me know
- let me tell you
- let my people go
- let nature take its course
- let off
- let on
- let one go
- let one's hair down
- let oneself go
- let sleeping dogs lie
- let slide
- let slip
- let someone down gently
- let someone go
- let someone have it
- let someone off the hook
- let something slip
- let that sink in
- let the buyer beware
- let the cat out of the bag
- let the chips fall where they may
- let the grass grow under one's feet
- let the perfect be the enemy of the good
- let them eat cake
- let there be light
- let things alone
- let things be
- let this cup pass from me
- let well alone
- let's be having you
- let's get the party started
- let's get this circus on the road
- let's not and say we did
- letters after one's name
- level best
- level off
- level to the ground
- level with
- libel chill
- licence to print money
- lick and a promise
- lick into shape
- lick log
- lick my balls
- lick one's chops
- lick one's wounds
- lick out
- lick someone's ass
- lick someone's balls
- lick someone's boots
- lick the pants off
- lie at someone's door
- lie back and think of England
- lie before
- lie ill in one's mouth
- lie in one's throat
- lie low
- lie through one's teeth
- life and soul of the party
- life is too short
- life of its own
- life of Riley
- life of the party
- life's a bitch
- lift all boats
- lift one's game
- lift someone's spirits
- light a fire under
- light and dark
- light at the end of the tunnel
- light bucket
- light-bulb moment
- light in the loafers
- light into
- light skirt
- light someone's ass up
- light the blue touchpaper
- light up a room
- lighten someone's purse
- lighten up
- lightning fast
- lightning in a bottle
- lightning strike
- like a man possessed
- like Atlas carrying the world
- like butter on a bald monkey
- like cheese at fourpence
- like mother, like daughter
- like no other
- like riding a bicycle
- like someone owns the place
- like that
- like the sound of one's own voice
- like there is no tomorrow
- like two peas in a pod
- likely to do sth
- line in the sand
- line of attack
- line of country
- line one's pockets
- line someone's pockets
- line up one's ducks
- linger on
- lionels
- lion's den
- lion's share
- lip service
- lipstick on a pig
- liquid courage
- listen to sb/sth
- listen up
- little emperor
- little girl
- little hand
- little head
- little mad
- little more than
- little old
- little pitcher
- little strokes fell great oaks
- live a lie
- live and die by
- live and learn
- live and let live
- live beyond one's means
- live down
- live in sin
- live in the past
- live in the shadow of
- live it up
- live large
- live off
- live on
- live on the edge
- live one
- live over the brush
- live paycheck to paycheck
- live rent-free in someone's head
- live rent-free in someone's mind
- live the dream
- live to tell the tale
- live up
- live with sb
- living death
- living end
- living proof
- living room
- load of shit