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

Key Word Index
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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)