least in sight
To play least in sight; to hide, keep out of the way, or make one's self scarce.
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least said, soonest mended
It's best not to talk about a problem or mistake
leather
To lose leather; to be galled with riding on horseback, or, as the Scotch express it, to be saddle sick. To leather also meant to beat, perhaps originally with a strap: I'll leather you to your heart's content. Leather-headed; stupid. Leathern conveniency; term used by quakers for a stage-coach.
leather
To beat or thrash. Probably from allusion to the skin, which is often called LEATHER. Some think the term is from the LEATHER belts worn by soldiers, which are often used as weapons in street rows. Most likely from there being "nothing like LEATHER" with which to administer a thrashing.
leather cheerio
An anus.
leather medal
A U.S.A. colloquial term for a booby prize.
leathern conveniency
A carriage.
leatherneck
A soldier.
Leatherstocking Novels
The novels by Fenimore Cooper in which Natty Bumpo, nicknamed Leatherstocking and Hawkeye, is a leading character. They are The Pioneers (1 823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1826), The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deer- slayer (1841). "Leatherstocking" was a hardy backwoodsman, a type of North American pioneer.
leave a sour taste in one's mouth
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
leave at the door
Leave personal issues or emotions behind
leave behind
to move away from something or someone
leave for dust
To outdo or surpass someone or something completely
leave home
to depart from one's family or residence
leave it all on the field
Give maximum effort and energy to a task or activity
leave it alone
to stop interfering or bothering something
leave it at that
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
leave it be
To leave something alone and not interfere with it
leave no crumbs
To leave no evidence or traces behind
leave no stone unturned
To thoroughly investigate or search every possible option
leave off
stop doing something
leave on
continue or proceed with something
leave somebody out
Exclude someone from a group or activity
leave someone at the altar
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
leave someone high and dry
to abandon or desert someone in a difficult situation
leave someone holding the baby
to give someone a problem or responsibility that you don't want
leave someone in the dust
To far surpass or outdo someone
leave someone in the lurch
to abandon or desert someone in a difficult situation
leave someone no choice
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
leave someone out in the cold
to abandon or neglect someone
leave someone to their fate
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
leave someone to their own devices
To allow someone to do what they want without interference or guidance
leave something to be desired
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
leave the ball in someone's court
To give someone the responsibility to act or make a decision
leave the door open
Keep an option or opportunity available for future consideration
leave the nest
Become independent from one's family or home
leave things alone
To not interfere or get involved in something
leave things be
To not interfere or change something
leave to the imagination
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
leaving shop
Or DOLLY SHOP, an unlicensed house where goods are taken into pawn at exorbitant rates of interest.
lech
A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
led by the nose
Said of a person who has no volition of his own but follows with docility the guidance of a stronger character. In another sense it appears in Isaiah xxxvii, 29 : — "Because thy rage against me ... is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose . . . and will turn thee back. . . ." Horses, asses, etc., led by bit and bridle, are led by the nose. Hence lago says of Othello, he was "led. by the nose as asses are'* (i, 3).
led captain
A fashionable spunger, a "swell" who by artifice ingratiates himself into the favours of the master of the house, and lives at his table. Probably from the fact that a real captain leads, but that a sham one is led—to the dinner-table.
led to the altar
Married. Said of a woman who, as a bride, is led up the aisle to the altar-rail where marriages are solemnized.
lee shore
The shore under the lee of a ship, or that towards which the wind blows.
lee tide
A tide running in the same direc- tion as the wind blows; if in the opposite direction it is called a tide under the lee.
leer
Empty.—Oxfordshire. Pure German, as is nearly so the next word.
leery
On one's guard. See PEERY.
left hook
A surprise attack or unexpected event
left turn
a sudden or unexpected change in direction or decision
left-handed compliment
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
left-handed wife
A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his left hand.
leg
To make a leg; to bow. To give leg-bail and land security; to run away. To fight at the leg; to take unfair advantages: it being held unfair by back-sword players to strike at the leg. To break a leg; a woman who has had a bastard, is said to have broken a leg.
leg
A part of a game. In some old games there are so many LEGS to the chalk, and so many chalks to the game. Sometimes the LEGS are called chalks, and the chalks LEGS—one word is as good as another, provided an agreement is made beforehand.
leg and leg
Equal, or nearly so, in a race, game, etc. Cp. NECK AND NECK.
leg business
Ballet.
leg bye
In cricket, a run scored from a ball which has glanced off any part of a batsman's person except his hand.
leg it
To run away, to flee.
leg it
To run; "to give a LEG," to assist, as when one mounts a horse; "making a LEG," a countryman’s bow,—projecting the LEG from behind as a balance to the head bent forward.—Shakspeare.
leg of mutton fist
A large, muscular or bony hand.