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English Idioms :: lie
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lie.html - See: GIVE THE LIE TO, LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE, MAKE ONE'S BED AND LIE IN IT. |
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English Idioms :: lie around
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lie.html - {v. phr.} To be unused; inert. * /This old typewriter has been lying around ever since Grandpa died./ |
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English Idioms :: lie down on the job
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lie.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To purposely fail to do your job; neglect a task; loaf. * /Bill isn't trying to learn his lessons. He is lying down on the job./ * /If you lie down on your job, you will lose it./ |
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English Idioms :: lie in state
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lie.html - {v. phr.} Of a dead person: To lie in a place of honor, usually in an open coffin, and be seen by the public before burial. * /When the president died, thousands of people saw his body lying in state./ |
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English Idioms :: lie in wait
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lie.html - {v. phr.} To watch from hiding in order to attack or surprise someone; to ambush. * /The driver of the stage-coach knew that the thieves were lying in wait somewhere along the road./ |
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English Idioms :: lie through one's teeth
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lie.html - {v. phr.} To lie uninhibitedly and unashamedly. * /Everyone in the courtroom could sense that the accused was lying through his teeth./ |
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