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Latin and Greek

unable to understand

laughs like a drain

Laugh loudly

Laurels

To earn great prestige

Lay hands on

To touch or grasp someone, often with the threat of violence

Lay out

Spend

Laying it on thick

An exaggeration

Laying off

Dismissal from jobs of

Lead someone by the nose

To completely control or dominate someone

Lean and mean

Ready and efficient

Learn by heart

To memorize something

Learn/Know the ropes

Learn to do particular jobs // Be informed about the details // To know how to do a job or task properly

Leave no stone unturned

Try every possible course of action in order to achieve something

Leaves you in the lurch

Leave someone in a helpless condition // desert someone in his difficulties

Left out in cold

to be ignored

Left, right and centre

Happening in a lot of places or to a lot of people

Lend me your ear

To politely ask for someone's full attention // to pay attention to

Lend someone a hand

To help or assist, especially voluntarily

Let bygones be bygones

Forget past offences or causes of conflict and be reconciled // To forgive and forget

Let down

To fail

Let off steam

To work or play off excess energy

Let sleeping dogs lie

Do not bring up an old controversial issue // To leave things as they are in order to avoid trouble

Let something slip through one's fingers

To waste an opportunity to achieve something

Let the cat out of the bag

Reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake

Let the chips fall where they may

Let something happen without bothering about the consequences

Let the grass grow under one's feet

To remain idle

Let your hair down

Behave freely and uninhibitedly // To take it easy and relax

Level playing field

A situation in which everyone has a fair and equal chance of succeeding // A fair competition where no side has an advantage

Lie in the bed one has made

Face the unpleasant consequences of your own acts

Lie low

Try not to be noticed

Light at the end of the tunnel

Something that signals the end of a difficult situation // Seeing signs of improvement in the future

Like a cat on a hot tin roof

Being in a state of agitation

Like a dying duck in a thunderstorm

Dejected

Like a phoenix

With a new life

Like a shag on a rock

Completely alone

Like oil and water

Two people who are different from each other

Like pulling teeth

Extremely difficult

Like talking to a brick wall

Inattentive

Like two peas in a pod

Look very similar in appearance or character // are always together

Lily-livered

Not brave

Lion's mouth

A dangerous situation

Little by little

gradually

Live from hand to mouth

To have enough money to live on and nothing extra // miserably // consuming daily what little is earned

Loaded words

Words that carry more significance than their literal meaning

Loaves and fishes

Materialist wealth

Lock horns

Fight with someone

Lock, stock and barrel

Completely // Including all or every part of something

Long in the tooth

Too old to do something // Rather old

Look after

Take care of

Look before you leap

Think carefully of the consequences

Look down upon

Regard with contempt // To consider someone inferior

Look into

To investigate

Look out

be careful

Look sharp

Pay attention