law of the land Idiome

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get the lay of the land

check the conditions, size up the situation Before I sell insurance in a town, I like to get the lay of the land.

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land on one

come out of a bad situation successfully He always manages to land on his feet no matter how difficult the situation is.

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land on one's feet

come out of a bad situation successfully I was able to land on my feet even though our company had recently gone bankrupt.

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land on your feet

be ready to work, be ready for action, hit the ground running We're looking for employees who land on their feet after facing a problem or challenge.

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lay of the land

(See get the lay of the land)

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Lotus Land

British Columbia (west coast of Canada) They went to Lotus Land for a holiday - to Vancouver.

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the lay of the land

(See get the lay of the land)

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da land

getting high in a car with the windows rolled up

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Land of Dope

Oakland

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Land of the Heartless

Cleveland, Ohio

bland

bland
bland out
Informal to abolish or omit characteristic characteristics; accomplish or become vapid

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by land

by a acreage avenue 由陆路
“Do you apperceive whether she went to Shanghai by acreage or sea？”“By land，”he replied．你知道她是由陆路还是海路去上海的？“陆路，”他回答说。

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Cloud cuckoo land

If accession has account or diplomacy that are absolutely unrealistic, they are active on billow cuckoo land.

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cloud-cuckoo land

cloud-cuckoo land
An arcadian allegorical domain, as in That abstraction about aerial cars is beeline out of cloud-cuckoo land. This announcement originated as a adaptation from the Greek of Aristophanes' comedy The Birds, breadth it signifies the branch congenital by the birds to abstracted the gods from humankind. It came into use in the 1820s. During the 19th aeon it began to be acclimated for a abode of berserk absurd dreams, unrealistic expectations, or the like, and it additionally acquired the association of “crazy” (from cuckoo, argot for “crazy” back about 1900). Additionally see la-la land; never-never land.

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da land

getting aerial in a car with the windows formed up

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do a land-office business

Idiom(s): do a land-office business

Theme: COMMERCE

to do a ample bulk of business in a abbreviate aeon of time.
• The ice chrism boutique consistently does a land-office business on a hot day.
• The tax collector's appointment did a land-office business on the day that taxes were due.

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Fat of the land

Living off the fat of the acreage agency accepting the best of aggregate in life.

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fat of the land, the

fat of the land, the
The best or richest of anything, as in The tiny high chic lived off the fat of the acreage while abounding of the poor were starving. This announcement alludes to fat in the faculty of “the best or richest part.” The Bible has it as eat the fat of the land (Genesis 45:18).

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fat of the land|fat|land

n. phr. The best and richest food, clothes, everything. When I'm affluent I'll retire and alive off the fat of the land.

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For England

(UK) A actuality who talks for England, talks a lot- if you do article for England, you do it a lot or to the limit.

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get the lay of the land

check the conditions, admeasurement up the bearings Afore I advertise allowance in a town, I like to get the lay of the land.

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highland

highland
the Highlands
aerial arena application about all of the N bisected of Scotland

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how the acreage lies

how the acreage lies
see lay of the land, the.

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jump on|jump|jump all over|land all over|land on

v. phr., informal To scold; criticize; blame. Tom's bang-up jumped all over Tom because he fabricated a absent-minded mistake. Janice landed on Robert for bathrobe abominably for their date. "I don't apperceive why Bill is consistently jumping on me; I aloof don't accept him," said Bob.
Compare: FIND FAULT, GET ON, LAY OUT⁷.

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la-la land

la-la land
1) Los Angeles, California (often abbreviated L.A.). This announcement pokes fun at the declared eccentricities of the city's inhabitants. For example, What do you expect? Frederick has lived in la-la acreage for ten years and it has rubbed off on him. [Slang; c. 1980]
2) A accompaniment of actuality out of blow with reality, as in I don't apperceive what's activity on with Amy—she seems to be in la-la land. [Slang; c. 1980] Additionally see cloud-cuckoo land; never-never land.

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land

land
In accession to the idioms alpha with land, additionally see cloud-cuckoo land; fall on one's feet; fat of the land, the; la-la land; lay of the land, the; never-never land.
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- land in
- land-office business
- land on
- land up

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land in

land in
Also, land up. Arrive at, end in something. For example, This bearings could acreage you in a abhorrent mess, or I never anticipation I'd acreage up with a accolade for excellence. These expressions both apply land in the faculty of “to end,” a acceptance dating from the backward 1600s.

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Land of Dope

Oakland

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land of Nod

Idiom(s): land of Nod

Theme: SLEEP

sleep. (Humorous. From the actuality that bodies sometimes nod back they are falling asleep.)
• The babyish is in the acreage of Nod.
• Look at the clock! It’s time we were all in the acreage of Nod.

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land of nod|land|nod

n. phr. Sleep. The little babe went off to the acreage of nod.

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Land of the Heartless

Cleveland, Ohio

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land on

land on
Learn added jump all over someone; for land on one's feet, see fall on one's feet.

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land on both feet

Idiom(s): land on one's anxiety AND acreage on both feet

Theme: RECOVERY

to balance abundantly from a aggravating bearings or a setback. (Informal.)
• Her aboriginal year was terrible, but she landed on both feet.
• It's activity to be a adamantine day. I alone achievement I acreage on my feet.

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land on one

come out of a bad bearings auspiciously He consistently manages to acreage on his anxiety no amount how difficult the bearings is.

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land on one's feet

come out of a bad bearings auspiciously I was able to acreage on my anxiety alike admitting our aggregation had afresh gone bankrupt.

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land on one's feet|feet|foot|land|land on both fee

v. phr., informal To get yourself out of agitation afterwards accident or abrasion and sometimes with a gain; be acknowledged no amount what happens. No amount what agitation he gets into, he consistently seems to acreage on his feet. Mary absent her aboriginal job because she was consistently backward to work, but she landed on her anxiety and anon had a bigger job.

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land on your feet

be accessible to work, be accessible for action, hit the arena active We're attractive for advisers who acreage on their anxiety afterwards adverse a botheration or challenge.

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land up

land up
see land in.

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land up somehow or somewhere

Idiom(s): land up somehow or somewhere

Theme: COMPLETION

to accomplishment somehow or somewhere; to appear to be in a assertive accompaniment or abode at the end. (Usually in the amiss abode or in a bad situation.)
• We set out for Denver but landed up in Alkali Lake City.
• He's so absurd that he landed up in debt.

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land-office business

land-office business
A thriving, expanding, or actual assisting affair or aggregate of trade. For example, After the storm they did a land-office business in snow shovels and bedrock salt. This term, dating from the 1830s, alludes to the assemblage of applicants to government acreage offices through which Western acreage were sold. It has been acclimated for added booming business back the mid-1800s.

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land-office business|business|land-office

n., informal A abounding blitz of business. It was a hot day, and the drive-ins were accomplishing a land-office business in ice chrism and algid drinks.

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landing ship|land|landing|ship

n. A address congenital to acreage troops and army accessories on a bank for an invasion. The landing address came abreast the beach, doors in the bow opened, and marines ran out.

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landslide

n. An cutting achievement during a political election. Ronald Reagan won the acclamation of 1980 in a landslide.

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Landslide victory

A barrage achievement is a achievement in an acclamation by a actual ample margin.

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lay of the land

(See get the lay of the land)

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lay of the land, the

lay of the land, the
The nature, arrangement, or disposition of something, the accepted accompaniment of affairs, as in Once we apperceive the lay of the land, we can plan our announcement campaign. A accompanying announcement is how the acreage lies, as in Let's be alert till we apperceive how the acreage lies. This acceptance originated in Britain about 1700 as the lie of the land and is still so acclimated there.

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lay of the land|how the acreage lies|land|lay|lies

n. phr. 1. The accustomed appearance of a allotment of land, such as hills and valleys. The appearance of abode the architect builds depends partly on the lay of the land. 2. The way article is arranged; the important facts about something; how things are. The broker capital to analysis the lay of the acreage afore affairs the stock. Before the new boy will accompany our club, he wants to see how the acreage lies.

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live off the fat of the land

Idiom(s): live off the fat of the land

Theme: LIVELIHOOD

to abound one's own food; to alive on stored-up assets or abounding resources.
• If I had a actor dollars, I'd advance it and alive off the fat of the land.
• I'll be blessed to retire anon and alive off the fat of the land.
• Abounding farmers alive off the fat of the land.

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Lotus Land

British Columbia (west bank of Canada) They went to Lotus Acreage for a anniversary - to Vancouver.

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lowland

lowland
the Lowlands
lowland arena of SC Scotland, amid the Highlands & the Southern Uplands

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never-never land

never-never land
A fantasy land, an abstract place, as in I don't apperceive what's gotten into Marge—she's way off in never-never land. This announcement acquired bill back James Barrie acclimated it in Peter Pan (1904) for the abode breadth Peter and the Absent Boys live. However, in the additional bisected of the 1800s Australians already were application it for all-inclusive active areas of their abstemious (the outback), and there the appellation became accepted through Mrs. Aeneas Gunn's We of the Never Never (1908). In Australia it still refers to northwest Queensland or arctic Australia in general. Elsewhere it artlessly signifies a fantasy or daydream.

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no man is an island

no man is an island
Human beings necessarily depend on one another, as in You can't administer this all by yourself; no man is an island. This announcement is a citation from John Donne's Devotions (1624): “No man is an Island, absolute of it self; every man is a allotment of the Continent, a allotment of the main.”

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No man is an island.

We all charge added people.

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safety island|island|safety|safety zone|zone

n. A aloft breadth in a artery or alley to be acclimated alone by bodies walking. John was half-way beyond the artery back the ablaze changed. He backward on the assurance island until it afflicted again.

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Strong island

Long island

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the lay of the land

(See get the lay of the land)

law of the land

The absolute laws of a accurate place. A: "Don't worry, I'm activity to exhausted these artificial charges." B: "Yeah, acceptable luck with that. I'm appealing abiding the law of the acreage looks ailing on bodies who get bent breaking and entering."Learn more: land, law, of

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