| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| lovelies |
ladies, women, girls, chicks
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When we docked at Rome, we met three lovelies and went dancing.
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| lovelife |
the romantic part of your life, your intimate life
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"How's your lovelife?" "Great! I've met a wonderful lady."
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| Lovers' Leap |
a cliff where lovers jump into a canyon together
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Let's drive up to Lovers' Leap and look at the stars.
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| low |
sad, depressed, ill, down
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I've been feeling kind of low lately - it's the bad weather.
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| low-ball him |
offer him a very low price for his car, house etc.
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If his price is too high, low-ball him. Offer him a very low price.
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| low-down |
bad, evil, not nice
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Stealing from that old woman was a low-down thing to do!
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| lowdown |
(See the lowdown)
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| lowlife |
a person without morals or humanitarian values
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What a lowlife! He sold drugs to children.
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| low on the totem pole |
ordinary worker, not a manager or boss, gofer,
pecking order
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If you want to understand the real problems, talk to the workers - people
who are low on the totem pole.
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| luck of the draw |
(See the luck of the draw)
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