An especially clever, aggressive, or skillful attorney. Watch the video
Category: Idiom of the Day
be left to (one's) own devices
To be left unsupervised or uncontrolled; to be allowed to do as one pleases. Watch the video
be left (out) in the cold
To be ignored, forgotten, or excluded, as from a group, activity, benefit, etc. Watch the video
be left in the lurch
To be left or abandoned without assistance in a particularly awkward, difficult, or troublesome situation. (Sometimes written as “left in a lurch.”) Watch the video
leave much to be desired
To be very inadequate or unsatisfactory; to lack a large amount of what is desired or required. Watch the video
leave (something) out of account
To ignore something; to pay little or no heed to something. Watch the video
leather-lunged
(used before a noun) Having an extremely or inordinately loud or strong voice, as of someone with very robust lungs. Watch the video
in leaps and bounds
By very large degrees; rapidly or in quick progress forward. Watch the video
leap to (someone's) mind
To suddenly or immediately materialize in someone’s mind. Watch the video
laze about
To relax or spend time idly; to do nothing or very little. Watch the video