A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

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)