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lame duck

aangeschoten wild

if something or someone is a lame duck, they are in trouble

landslide victory

enorme overwinning

a landslide victory is a victory in an election by a very large margin

lanky kid

lang en dun

a lanky person is often tall and thin with long arms and legs

lap dog

schoothondje

a lap dog is a person who is eager to please another

larger than life

zwaar overdreven

if something is excessive or exaggerated, it is larger than life

last ditch attempt

laatste wanhopige poging

a last-ditch attempt is a desperate attempt that will probably fail anyway

last laugh

wie het laatst lacht, lacht het best

the person who has the last laugh ends up with the advantage after some setbacks

lather yourself up

jezelf goed inzepen

to apply thick soapsuds to your body

laugh a minute

een grapjas

someone who is a laugh a minute is very funny

laugh up your sleeve

in je vuistje lachen

if you laugh up your sleeve, you laugh at someone secretly

laughter is the best medicine

lachen is het beste medicijn

laughing is often helpful for healing, especially emotional healing

law unto yourself

eigen regels bepalen

do what you believe is right regardless of what is accepted as correct

lay down

omgelegd

he got laid down in a turf war about supplying drugs

lay down

vastgesteld

the rules of the sport were laid down early in the nineteenth century

lay down the law

de wet voorschrijven

if someone lays down the law, they tell people what to do and are authoritarian

lay into

er van langs geven

his partner laid into him when he arrived two hours late

lay off

ontslagen

the hotel laid off twenty staff because tourist numbers were down

lay on

organiseren

they laid on a buffet lunch at the conference

lay out

spenderen

they laid out thousands of pounds on their wedding reception

lazy tyke

een lui varken

a lazy kid

learn the ropes

de trucjes leren

if you are learning the ropes, you are learning how to do something

leave no stone unturned

de onderste steen bovenhalen

if you look everywhere to find something you leave no stone unturned

leave well alone

uit de buurt blijven

if you leave something well alone, you keep a safe distance from it

left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

de linkerhand weet niet waar de rechterhand me bezig is

this is what you say when actions are uncoordinated

left in the dark

in het duister tasten

when you aren't given the information that you should have

left to your own devices

alleen gelaten worden

if someone is left to their own devices, they can do what they want

lend

lenen aan

lend me that book, will you?

lend an ear

je oor te luisteren leggen

if you lend an ear, you listen to what someone has to say

lesser of two evils

minste van twee kwaden

something that is the lesser of two evils, is an unpleasant option, but not as bad as the other

let alone

laat staan

this is used to emphasise how extreme something could be