Bedeutung: Get lost!Zieh Leine!, Mach dich vom Acker!
lost Idiom
a lost cause
a goal or project that is not worth working for That video store is a lost cause. It has never made a profit.
get lost
go, leave, beat it They told me to get lost, to go home to Mommy.
get lost!
go away
he who hesitates is lost
if you hesitate you may not get another chance If you want to marry Ko, ask her. He who hesitates is lost.
it is better to have loved and lost than never to
you are a better person if you have loved someone - even for a short time Old and alone, the woman often thought of a saying: It is better to have loved and lost... .
lost cause
(See a lost cause)
no love lost
bad feelings, ill will There is no love lost between my father and our next door neighbor.
there's no love lost
they do not like each other, bad blood, hold a grudge There's no love lost between Jay and Pete. They've been fighting since they were boys.
make up for lost time
Idiom(s): make up for lost time
Theme: TIME
to do much of something; to do something fast. • Because we took so long eating lunch, we have to drive faster to make up for lost time. Otherwise we won't arrive on time. • At the age of sixty, Bill learned to play golf. Now he plays it every day. He's making up for lost time.
lost-and-found
Idiom(s): lost-and-found
Theme: LOSS
an office or department that handles items that someone has lost that have been found by someone. (Each item is both lost by someone and found by someone. Fixed order.) • The lost-and-found office had an enormous collection of umbrellas and four sets of false teeth! • I found a book on the seat of the bus. I turned it in to the driver, who gave it to the lost-and-found office.
lost on
Idiom(s): lost on sb
Theme: WASTE
having no effect on someone; wasted on someone. (Informal.) • The joke was lost on Jean. She didn't understand it. • The humor of the situation was lost on Mary. She was too upset to see it.
lost in thought
Idiom(s): lost in thought
Theme: THOUGHT
busy thinking. • I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said. I was lost in thought. • Bill—lost in thought as always—went into the wrong room.
lost and gone forever
Idiom(s): lost and gone forever
Theme: LOSS
lost; permanently lost. (Fixed order.) • My poor doggy is lost and gone forever. • My money fell out of my pocket and I am sure that it is lost and gone forever.
A lost ball in the high weeds
A lost ball in the high weeds is someone who does not know what they are doing, where they are or how to do something.
He Lost His Head
Angry and overcome by emotions.
A good name is sooner lost than won.
A reputation takes long to build, but can be quickly destroyed.
get lost|get|lost
v. phr., slang Go away! Used as a command. Get lost! I want to study.John told Bert to get lost. Compare: DROP DEAD.
lost cause|cause|lost
n. phr. A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. Communism in Eastern Europe has become a lost cause.
lost upon|lose|lost
adj. Wasted. Tim's generosity is completely lost upon Sue; he can't expect any gratitude from her.
no love lost|lost|love|no love
n. phr. Bad feeling; ill will. Bob and Dick both wanted to be elected captain of the team, and there was no love lost between them.There was no love lost between the sales and the accounting departments.
lost in the shuffle Failing to stand out among others, as in In that huge economics class Jane's afraid she'll get lost in the shuffle. This metaphoric term alludes to mixing playing cards before dealing them. [c. 1900]
lost on one
lost on one Have no effect or influence on one, as in Ned's attempts at humor were lost on Meg, or David's kindness was not lost on his aunt. This expression uses lost in the sense of “wasted.” [c. 1600] Also see you've lost me.
you've lost me
you've lost me I can't follow what you're saying, I'm puzzled or bewildered. For example, Please explain it again; you've lost me. This turn of phrase transfers losing one's way to discourse. [c. 1960]
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