large (at large; go at large; have it large; in large; talk at large; talk large) lark (gay as a lark; sing like a lark) last (at last; at the last; be the last leg; first and last; first or last; from first to last; look one’s last on something; see the last of something; stick to one’s last) latest (at the latest) latin (dog latin; pig latin; thieves’ latin) laugh (be laughing; have a laugh at someone; have the laugh of someone) laundry (coin laundry; money laundry) lavender (lay someone out in lavender) law (be a law unto oneself; be beyond the law; blue laws; blue-sky laws; go beyond the law; jungle law; lay down the law; man of law; natural law; prohibition law; prohibitory law; take the law into one’s own hands) lay (be laid up) lead (have a lead in something; have a lead of something) leaf (fall leaf; in leaf; in the leaf ) league (in league with someone; in the same league with someone) least (at the least; in the least) leave (ask someone to leave; ask some- one’s leave; take a leave; take leave; take one’s leave) leeway (make leeway; make up leeway) leg (be off one’s legs; be on one’s last legs; be on one’s legs; be run off one’s legs; black-leg; find one’s legs; give someone a leg up; give someone leg; have a leg to stand on; have legs; long-legs; not have a leg to stand on; not have the legs; on one’s hind legs; peg leg; peg legs; pull someone’s leg; red-leg; shake a leg; shake a loose leg; show a leg; swing the leg; take to one’s legs; white leg) lemon (answer is a lemon, the; it’s a lemon) length (at full length; at length; go to great lengths) less (no less than; nothing less than) lesson (learn one’s lesson) letter (air letter; airmail letter ; cover letter; man of letters) level (on a level; on the level; third level) liberty (take a liberty; take the liberty) library (lending library) license (driver’s license) lick (calf-lick; cat’s lick; cat-lick) lid (eve with a lid on; eve with a moldy lid; keep one’s lid on; keep the lid on someone; lift the lid off something; put the lid on something; put the tin lid on something; take the lid off something) life (be a bad life; be a good life; cat has nine lives, a; change of life; changes of life; cost of life; dog’s life; everlasting life; expectation of life; fact of life; facts of life; for life; for one’s life; get a life; get life; give one’s life for something; give one’s life to something; have a new lease of life; in the prime of life; large as life; larger than life; late on in life; later on in life; lead a cat and dog life; lead a dog’s life; line of life; live a bad life; live a cat and dog life; live a dog’s life; live a good life; make a life for oneself; make a new life for one- self; put life into something; put one’s life in someone’s hands; put something into life; real life; road of life; see life; see life whole; story of one’s life; take one’s life; take one’s life in both hands; take one’s life in one’s hands; that’s life; this is the life; time of life; time of one’s life; walk of life; way of life) lifetime (in one’s lifetime) lift (get a lift; give someone a lift) light (ancient lights; back-light; back- ground light; base light; basic light; bring something to light; carry light; come to light; festival of lights, the; flashing light; hide one’s light under a bushel; in the light of something; make light of something; man of light and leading; north light; north lights; old lights; see the light; see the light at the end of the tunnel; see the light of day; shed light on some- thing; throw light on something) liking (for someone’s liking; to some- one’s liking) limelight (come into the limelight; in the limelight) limit (beyond limits; go the limit; out of limits; reach the limit; without limits) line (all along the line; all-red line; along the line; along the lines; be on the top line; bottom line; bottom of the line; cross the finish line; cross the line; dead line; down line; draw the line; draw the line at something; draw the line under something; drop someone a line; fire line; get one’s lines crossed; give someone a line; give someone line; hard line; hard lines; have someone on the line; head line; hold the line against someone; hold the line at someone; hook, line, and sinker; hot line; in line for something; in line with something; lay it on the line; live line; long line; long-distance line; off line; on line; on the line; on the lines; out of line; out of one’s line; put it on the line; ragged blue line; sweat on the top line; thin blue line; thin line; thin red line; top line; up line) lion (beard the lion in his den; bold as a lion; bold as an essex lion; see the lions; twist the lion’s tail; walk into the lion’s den) lip (bite one’s lip; give someone lip; read my lips; read someone’s lips) liquid (flammable liquid; inflammable liquid) liquor (drink hard liquor; hold one’s liquor; red liquor) list (laundry list; lloyd’s list; shopping list) listen (i am listening) little (in a little; in little; no little; not a little) live (real live) living (cost of living; make a living for oneself ) load (be loaded; be loaded for bear; carry a load; carry the load; get a load of something; get a load on; take a load off someone’s mind; work load; working load) look (catch a look; catch someone’s look; give someone a black look; not know where to look; take a long look) look-in (give someone a look-in) look-out (be on the look-out for some- thing) loon (crazy as a loon) loose (cut loose from something; cut loose with something; in the loose; on the loose; sit loose to something; sit loose upon someone) loser (bad loser; two-time loser) loss (cut back one’s losses; cut one’s losses; dead loss; total loss) lot (quite a lot; say a lot about some- thing; say a lot for something; whole lot, a; whole lot, the) loud (speak loud) love (play for love) low (be laid low; be low; bring some- one low; down low; fly low; high and low; lie low; play it low; play it low down; play it low-key) luck (be in luck; man of luck; one’s luck is in; one’s luck is out; push one’s luck; stroke of luck) lunch (do lunch; have one’s lunch handed to one; make lunch) machine (ghost in the machine; slot machine; slotting machine; tape machine; washing machine; wash- ing-up machine) madam (little madam) magician (great magician of the north, the) maid (bar maid; between maid; kitchen maid; ladies’ maid; old maid; univer- sal maid) maiden (ice maiden; iron maiden) make (have it made; have made it; in the make; on the make) man (action man; as a man; as one man; bad man; be a man of charac- ter; be someone’s right-hand man; become another man; best man; boat man; bumboat man; call man; career man; child of man; city man; city man; clothes man; color man; com- mon man; copy man; corpse-man; cow man; day-man; dead man; dead man walking; dog man; early man; every man for himself; every man – 387 – Key Word Index