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like it or lump it
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
like mother, like daughter
A daughter's behavior or characteristics are similar to her mother's
like no other
Uniquely excellent or exceptional
like old boots
Slang for vigorously; "like anything." "I was working like old boots" means "I was doing my very utmost.
like one's life depended on it
With great enthusiasm or intensity
like shit
Very badly.
like shit through a goose
Very fast.
like someone owns the place
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Like St
Margaret, she is accompanied by a dragon bound, for she is said to have destroyed one that ravaged the neighbourhood of Marseilles, but she has not the palm and crown of martyrdom. She is commemorated on July 29th, and is patron of Tarascon.
like stink
very hard
like talking to a wall
Speaking to someone who is unresponsive or unwilling to listen.
like that
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Like the blast of Roland's horn
Roland had a wonderful ivory horn, named "Olivant," that he won from the giant Jutmundus. When he was set upon by the Gascons at Roncesvalles he sounded it to give Charlemagne notice of his danger. At the third blast it cracked in two, but it was so loud that birds fell dead and the whole Saracen army was panic-struck. Charle- magne heard the sound at St. Jean Pied de Port, and rushed to the rescue, but arrived too late.
like the sound of one's own voice
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
like there is no tomorrow
To do something with great enthusiasm or urgency
like water off a duck's back
Having no effect or making no impression
like white on rice
Closely and constantly
like winking
Old slang for very quickly; as in "to give an answer like winking.
likely to do something
probably will do something
likeness
A phrase used by thieves when the officers or turnkeys are examining their countenance. As the traps are taking our likeness; the officers are attentively observing us.
likkle
Little.
lil
A book, generally a pocket-book.—Gipsy.
liliputian
A diminutive man or woman: from Gulliver's Travels, written by Dean Swift, where an imaginary kingdom of dwarfs of that name is described.
Lilli Marlene
A song composed by Norbert Schultze, in 1938, and sung by the Swedish singer Lala Anderson.
lily benjamin
A great white coat. See BENJAMIN.
Lily of France
The device of Clovis was three black toads (see CRAPAUD); but thef story goes that an aged hermit of Joye-eo-yalte saw a miraculous light stream one night into his cell, and an angel appeared to him holding an azure shield of wonderful beauty, em- blazoned with three gold lilies that shone like stars, which the hermit was commanded to give to Queen Clotilde; she gave it to her royal husband, whose arms were everywhere victorious, and the device
lily shallow
(WHIP SLANG) A white driving hat.
limb
A troublesome or precocious child.
limb of the law
A clerk articled to a lawyer, a sheriff's officer, a policeman, or other legal assistant. Just as the limbs of the body oo what the head directs, so these obey the commands of the head of the office.
limbo
A prison, confinement.
limbo
A prison, from LIMBUS or LIMBUS PATRUM, a mediæval theological term for purgatory. The Catholic Church teaches that LIMBO was that part of hell where holy people who died before the Redemption were kept.
Limbo of the Fathers
The half-way house between earth and heaven, where the patriarchs and prophets who died before the death of the Redeemer await the Last Day, when they will be received into heaven. Some hold that this is the "heir into which Chnst descended after He gave up the ghost on the cross.
limbs
Duke of limbs; a tall awkward fellow.
lime-twig
A thief.
Lincoln Cathedral
The phrase occurs as early as 1562. (John Heywood's Proverbs). Than wolde ye looke ouer me with stomoke swolne Like as the divell lookt ouer Lincolne.
lincoln green
Lincoln, at one time, was noted for its light green, as was Coventry for its blue, and Yorkshire for its grey cloth. Cp. KENDAL GREEN.
Lincoln Imp
A grotesque carving, having long ears and only one leg, in the Angel Choir of Lincoln Cathedral.
Lincoln's Inn
One of the four Inns of Court (<7-v.), in London. Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, built a mansion here in the 14th century on ground which had belonged to the Black Fnars, but was granted to him by Edward I, A Bishop of Chichester, in the reign of Henry VII, granted leases here to certain students of law.
line
To get a man into a line, i.e. to divert his attention by a ridiculous or absurd story. To humbug.
line
A hoax, a fool-trap; as, "to get him in a LINE," i.e., to get some sport out of him.
line before
The custom was at its prime in the old sailing-ship days. A sailor crudely dressed as Father Neptune, accompanied by a yet cruder Amphitnte appeared over the ship's side, followed by yet others, naked to the waist and painted with red ochre or the like. The neophytes were then seized, lathered with some horrible compound and while still struggling were forcibly shaved with a piece of rusty hoop iron.
line in the sand
A clear limit or boundary that should not be crossed
line of attack
A strategy or approach used to criticize or oppose someone
line of battle
The formation of the ships in a naval engagement. A line of battle ship was a capital ship fit to take 'part in a main attack. Frigates did not join in a general engagement.
line of country
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
line of direction
The line in which a body moves, a force acts, or motion is communi- cated. In order that a body may stand without falling, a line let down from the centre of gravity must fall within the base on which the object stands. Thus the leaning tower of Pisa does not fall, because this rule is pre- served.
line of fire
A situation of intense criticism or attack
line of life
In palmistry, the crease in the left hand beginning above the web of the thumb, and running towards or up to the wrist.
line of questioning
A series of questions asked to gather information or investigate something
line one's pockets
To take money dishonestly for personal gain
line up one's ducks
To organize and prepare things in advance
line upon line
Admonition or instruction repeated little by little (a line at a time).
liner
A casual reporter, paid by the line. Diminutive of "penny-a-liner."
linger on
to stay or remember something for a long time
lingo
Language. An outlandish lingo; a foreign tongue. The parlezvous lingo; the French language.
lingo
Talk, or language. Slang is termed LINGO amongst the lower orders. Italian, LINGUA.—Lingua Franca.
Linnsean System
The artificial classification adopted by the great Swedish naturalist Linnaeus (1707-78), who arranged his three kingdoms of animals, vegetables, and minerals into classes, orders, genera, species, and varieties, according to certain charac- teristics.
lint-scraper
A young surgeon. Thackeray, in Lovel the Widower, uses the phrase, and gives, also, the words "Æsculapius," "Pestle-grinder," and "Vaccinator," for the same character.
lion
To tip the lion; to squeeze the nose of the party tipped, flat to his face with the thumb. To shew the lions and tombs; to point out the particular curiosities of any place, to act the ciceroni: an allusion to Westminster Abbey, and the Tower, where the tombs and lions are shewn. A lion is also a name given by the gownsmen of Oxford to an inhabitant or visitor.
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