Idioms starting with L

Each card gives the idiom's meaning and one example of it in use. Open one for the Vietnamese expression that comes closest.

21 idioms

Live from hand to mouth
Money and Wealth
To have only just enough money for immediate needs, with nothing spare.
Example: They lived from hand to mouth through the first two winters.
Long story short
Communication and Mind
Said when summarising rather than telling the whole account.
Example: Long story short, we missed the flight.
Look before you leap
Success and Failure
Think carefully about the risks before you act.
Example: Read the contract first — look before you leap.
Look on the bright side
Emotions and Feelings
To focus on the good part of a bad situation.
Example: Look on the bright side — we learned what not to do.
Lose your touch
Success and Failure
To lose an ability you once had.
Example: Three misses in a row — are you starting to lose your touch?
Love is blind
People and Relationships
Someone in love cannot see the faults of the person they love.
Example: Everyone else could see he was unreliable, but love is blind.
Love me, love my dog
People and Relationships
If you love someone, you must accept everything and everyone that comes with them.
Example: If you marry Tom, you get his three noisy brothers too — love me, love my dog.
Love thy neighbour as thyself
Morality and Karma
To care about other people as much as you care about yourself.
Example: The charity's founder lived by one rule: love thy neighbour as thyself.
Lucky at cards, unlucky in love
Time and Life
Said of someone whose good fortune in one part of life is matched by bad luck in another.
Example: He won three hands and got a text ending it — lucky at cards, unlucky in love.