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• live happily ever after
  с тех пор жить счастливо

  They got married thirty years ago and lived happily ever after.
• lion's share of (something)
  львиная доля чего-либо

  Sam gave the lion's share of his stamp collection to his son.
• let it all hang out
  высказать всю правду

  Mark made up his mind to let it all hang out and tell his friend about his misbehavior.
• look after (someone)
  ухаживать за кем-либо, присматривать

  My cousin asked me to look after her baby son while she was out shopping.
• light on one's feet
  быть лёгким на ногу

  My Aunt Polly is almost seventy, but she is still light on her feet.
• long shot
  имеющий мало шансов на успех

  It was a long shot that I would get a role in this film, but I was lucky.
• leave someone for someone else
  бросить кого-либо ради кого-либо ещё

  Coleman left Carmen for Pauline but soon regretted having done it.
• like a bump on a log
  не реагирующий ни на что, ничего не делающий (дословно - как шишка на бревне)

  I spent all day at home like a bump on a log.
• like father, like son
  каков отец, таков и сын

  "Like father, like son," the teacher said as she watched the boy slowly writing an exercise in his notebook.
• lose one's cool
  выйти из себя, потерять терпение

  The teacher lost her cool because the students misbehaved at her lesson.
• lay it on thick
  преувеличивать, "сгущать краски"

  "You needn't praise him too much; he didn't do it alone, so don't lay it on thick."
• last thing on (someone's) mind
  последние, что у кого-либо на уме

  Visiting a museum was the last thing on my mind on Sunday afternoon.
• lead (someone) down the garden path
  обманывать кого-либо

  Sarah was leading Martin down the garden path when she agreed to be engaged to him.
• look the other way
  отвернуться, игнорировать

  I asked him a question about his background, but he looked the other way.
• look for (something)
  искать что-либо

  I have been looking for my glasses all day, but I still don't know where they are.
• let alone (something)
  не говоря уж о чём-либо

  I don't have enough time to write a letter let alone write an essay.
• lose one's marbles/mind
  сойти с ума, "слететь с катушек"

  Georgina seems to have lost her marbles because she doesn't behave reasonably.
• let well enough alone
  оставить всё как было, "от добра добра не ищут"

  "I think you'd better let well enough alone and not look for another job."
• lie low
  занять выжидательную позицию, держаться в стороне, не привлекать внимания

  Roman escaped from prison and lay low because the police was looking for him everywhere.
• land of Nod
  сонное царство

  I came home late that night and found my parents in the land of Nod.
• lay (something) on the table
  представить что-либо для обсуждения, изложить свои соображения

  Lionel saw all the drawbacks of the project and felt it his duty to lay his concerns on the table.
• loaded for bear
  (быть) очень рассерженным

  Mr. Ferrar came home drunk and loaded for bear.
• lay away money
  откладывать (деньги), копить

  The boy was trying to lay away some money to buy a bicycle.
• live hand-to-mouth
  жить очень бедно, "перебиваться с хлеба на квас"

  After her husband's death Silvia was living a hand-to-mouth existence.
• let (someone) know (about something)
  дать кому-либо знать о чём-либо

  "Good-bye, darling. Have a nice trip! Let me know when you arrive at the airport."
• like nothing on earth
  очень странный, необычный

  The toys in the gift shop were like nothing on earth and they surprised everyone who saw them.
• lose oneself (in something)
  глубоко погрузиться во что-либо

  The book was fantastic, and I literally lost myself in it.
• let (someone) go
  выпускать из тюрьмы или из-под ареста

  The judge decided to let the young man go because there was no evidence to incriminate him.
• look high and low for (someone or something)
  искать кого-либо \ чего-либо повсюду

  They looked high and low for a happy man, but they were not able to find him.
• leave (someone) out in the cold
  проявлять невнимание, оказывать холодный приём

  I don't think we should leave Alice out in the cold and not invite her to go on a picnic with us.
• like one of the family
  как будто бы член семьи

  Mike behaves like one of the family; he comes to us whenever he feels like it.
• leave one's mark on (someone or something)
  оставить неизгладимый след, не пройти мило

  Felix worked very hard and the fatigue of the last few days left its mark on him.
• line of least resistance
  линия наименьшего сопротивления

  My friend hates to make any effort; he prefers to follow the line of least resistance.
• let down one's hair
  отдыхать, расслабиться

  We went on a picnic and let down our hair.
• like looking for a needle in a haystack
  быть занятым бесполезными поисками, "искать иголку в стоге сена"

  My son always misplaces things, so looking for his car keys that day was like looking for a needle in a haystack.