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English Idioms :: lit up like a Christmas tree
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lit.html - {adj. phr.}, {informal} To be drunk. * /On New Year's Eve Ned was lit up like a Christmas tree./ Compare: THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND. |
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English Idioms :: litterbug
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lit.html - {n.}, {slang}, {informal} A person who leaves garbage in a public place, such as a park or beach or a street; one who litters. * /Don't be a litterbug; keep the city clean!/ |
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English Idioms :: little
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lit.html - See: A LITTLE, A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LITTLE FROG IN A BIG POND, MAKE LITTLE OF, NOT A LITTLE, QUITE A LITTLE or QUITE A LITTLE BIT, THINK LITTLE OF, TWIST AROUND ONE'S LITTLE FINGER. |
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English Idioms :: little people
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lit.html - {n. phr.} Fairy people; brownies; elves; fairies; or goblins. * /Mother read me a story about the wee folk who lived in the forest and came out at night./ * /There are many stories about little people dancing in the moonlight./ |
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English Idioms :: little does one think
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lit.html - {v. phr.} To not realize; not expect; be hardly aware of. * /Little did Ed think that very soon he would be the father of twin daughters./ |
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English Idioms :: little people
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lit.html - See: WEE FOLK. |
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