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Light of my life is London Cockney rhyming slang for wife.
Life and death is London Cockney rhyming slang for breath.
Get a life is slang for to find something useful or meaningful to do with oneself.
(lief) equally or preferably
Willingly, gladly.
Staff of life is Dorset slang for the penis.
Joy of my life is London Cockney rhyming slang for wife.
Noun. The good life. E.g."Ever since they won the lottery and have stopping working they've been living the life of Riley."
To lie low is slang for to remain in concealment or inactive.
Life peer is London Cockney rhyming slang for a homosexual (queer).
Anything uncommonly large, as, 'That's a whopper,' meaning a monstrous lie.
Noun. Contemptible and despised person or persons, often with criminal leanings. E.g."I'm not going in that bar, it's full of low-life and I value my own life."
Lie down is slang for surrender, abase oneself.
Sporting life is London Cockney rhyming slang for wife.
Kiss of life is London Cockney rhyming slang for wife.
Gate of life was old British slang for the vagina.
Life and soul is British slang for a jolly, fun−loving, extrovert person.
Not on your life is slang for impossible.
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imp. & p. p.
of Lie
n.
A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.
n.
A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.
conj.
A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade.
n.
The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
n.
Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.
n.
An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood.
n.
The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life.
n.
Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.
adj.
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
a. & adv.
See Lief.
a.
That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.
n.
Same as Lif.
a.
Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.
adv.
Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not.
n.
One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.
obs. p. p.
of Lie. See Lain.
adj.
To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
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