| loan shark | A loan shark is a person who lends money at extremely high interest rates to people who are unable to obtain a loan from the bank. The young immigrant was beaten because he was late paying back money to a loan shark. |
| lock horns | If you lock horns with somebody, you argue or fight with them about something. If there is another incident like that in the building, the occupants will be locking horns! |
| lock, stock and barrel | Lock, stock and barrel means 'everything'. Maggie found the apartment empty. Dave had taken everything - lock, stock and barrel! |
| at loggerheads | If you are at loggerheads with a person or organization, you disagree very strongly with them. The management and the trade unions are at loggerheads over the decision to close down the plant. |
| by a long chalk/shot | This expression means 'not at all' and is used to emphasize a statement, especially a negative one. The matter hasn't been settled yet, not by a long chalk! |
| long in the tooth | A person who is long in the tooth is a bit too old to do something. She's a bit long in the tooth for a cabaret dancer, isn't she? |
| long row to hoe | A difficult task, assignment or undertaking that will take a long time is a long row to hoe. Getting through medical school is going to be a long row to hoe. |
| come a long way | When someone has come a long way, they have made a lot of progress or have become successful. Tony has come a long way since he opened his first little restaurant. |
| look before you leap | This is something you say when advising someone to think carefully about the possible problems before doing something. Don't decide too quickly. Look before you leap! |
| look on bright side | If you look on the bright side, you view a mostly unpleasant situation in a positive and optimistic way and the see the favourable aspects. OK. You know nobody. But look on the bright side - you'll make lots of new friends! |
| look daggers | Someone who looks daggers at another looks at them very angrily. David looked daggers at Paul when he invited his new girlfriend to dance. |
| look down one's nose | If someone looks down their nose at a person or thing, they consider that person or thing as inferior. Intellectuals often look down their noses at amusement parks and such. |
| look the part | If you look the part, your appearance makes you ideally suited for a particular job or role. It was a mistake to choose a pretty young girl to play the witch. She didn't look the part at all. |
| look the picture | If someone looks the picture, they look very pretty. The little girl looked the picture in her new dress. |
| look the picture of health | To look the picture of health means to look extremely healthy. Nice to see you again Mr. Brown. I must say you look the picture of health. |
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