Chapter L: Lady, a great, 89

Last straw breaks camel’s back, 46, 103

Laugh best who laugh last, 206

Laugh in forced manner, 46

Laughing-stock, 207

Laugh in one’s sleeve, 31, 53

Laugh on wrong side of face, 207

Laugh to-day, cry to-morrow, 206

Lazy people take most pains, 178

Least said soonest mended, 179

Leave no stone unturned, 71, 106

Leave well alone, 38, 162

Leave without beat of drum, 92

Legal tender, 86

Let cat out of the bag, 159

Let sleeping dogs lie, 64

Let those laugh who win, 206

Lie unblushingly, 21

Life and soul of party, 47

Life in the old dog yet, 43

Light as air, 106

Lightly come, lightly go, 126

Like as two peas, as, 102

Like master, like man, 155, 218

Like sire, like son, 69, 209

Like will to like, 58

Lion had need of the mouse, 129

Lion’s mouth, to rush into, 153

Little fellows are often great wits, 209

Little pitchers have long ears, 64

Little pot soon hot, 185

Little rain lays much dust, 1

Little strokes fell great oaks, 184

Loan loses self and friend, 13

Lock stable door, 105

Long lane without turning, 176

Long looked for comes at last, 169

Look before you leap, 124

Look gift-horse in mouth, 49, 66

Look sharp about it! 232

Lose nothing for want of asking, 206

Lose one’s head, 45

Lot of good that will do, 145

Love dies hard, true, 10

Love laughs at locksmiths, 14

Love me, love my dog, 10

Lurch, to leave in the, 188