left Idiom
exit stage left
left-handed compliment
left holding the bag
left in the lurch
left out in the cold
left over
left, right and centre
leftovers
lefty
out in left field
right, left and center
two left feet
get left
take up where one left off
Idiom(s): take up where one left offTheme: CONTINUATION
to start up again in the very place that one left off.
• I had to leave the room for a minute, but when I got back, I took up where I left off.
• It’s time to stop for lunch. After lunch, we will take up where we left off
right and left
Idiom(s): right and left AND left and rightTheme: EVERYWHERE
to both sides; on all sides; everywhere. (Reversible.)
• I dropped the tennis balls, and they rolled right and left.
• There were children everywhere—running right and left.
hang a left
Idiom(s): hang a leftTheme: DIRECTION
to turn to the left.
• Hang a left up at that light.
• Go three blocks and hang a left.
pay sb a left-handed compliment
Idiom(s): pay someone a back-handed compliment AND pay someone a left-handed complimentTheme: COMPLIMENT
to give someone a false compliment that is really an insult.
• John said that he had never seen me looking better. I think he was paying me a left-handed compliment.
• I'd prefer that someone insulted me directly. I hate it when someone pays me a back-handed compliment—unless it's a joke.
left and right
Idiom(s): right and left AND left and rightTheme: EVERYWHERE
to both sides; on all sides; everywhere. (Reversible.)
• I dropped the tennis balls, and they rolled right and left.
• There were children everywhere—running right and left.
Be out in left field
(USA) To be out in left field is not to know what's going on. Taken from baseball, when youngsters assign less capable players to the outfield where the ball is less likely to be hit by a young player. In business, one might say, 'Don't ask the new manager; he's out in left field and doesn't know any answers yet.'In a cleft stick
If you are in a cleft stick, you are in a difficult situation, caught between choices.Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doin
If the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, then communication within a company, organisation, group, etc, is so bad that people don't know what the others are doing.Left in the dark
If you are left in the dark about something, you aren't given the information that you should have.Left to your own devices
If someone is left to their own devices, they are not controlled and can do what they want.Out of the left field
(USA) If something comes out of the left field, it is beside the point and has nothing to do with the matter being discussed.Elvis has left the building
The show has come to an end. It's all over.be left in the dark
to be left without enough information: "We've been left in the dark over this project. We haven't been told how to do it."have two left feet
be awkward or clumsy: "He's a terrible dancer - he's got two left feet!"left field|field|left
n. 1. The part of a baseball out-field to the batter's left. Right-handed batters usually hit to left field.Compare: CENTER FIELD, RIGHT FIELD. 2. See: OUT IN LEFT FIELD. -
left fielder|fielder|left
n. The player in baseball who plays in left field. The scoreboard in the ball park is on the fence behind the left fielder.left-handed|hand|handed|left
adj., informal 1. Using the left hand habitually. 2. Crooked; phoney; homosexual. Morris is such a left-handed guy. 3. Clumsy; untoward; awkward. Grab that hammer and stop acting so left-handed.left-handed compliment|compliment|hand|handed|left
An ambiguous compliment which is interpretable as an offense. I didn't know you could look so pretty! Is that a wig you're wearing?left-wing|left|wing
adj. That which is or belongs to a group of people in politics that favors radical change in the direction of socialism or communism. The left-wing faction called for an immediate strike.let one's left hand know what one's right hand is
v. phr. 1. To make a show of your kindness or help to others.
Used in the negative. The Bible tells us not to let the left hand know what the right hand is doing when we give to the poor. 2. informal To let everyone taking part in something know what each is doing; encourage cooperation in working. Tom told Fred and Bill to meet him in town, but he forgot to tell them where. Next time he'll let his left hand know what his right hand is doing. Often used in the negative. Our team lost today because the coach and captain did not let the left hand know what the right was doing, and the players were all mixed up.out in left field|field|left field|out
adj. phr., informal Far from the right answer; wrong; astray. Johnny tried to answer the teacher's question but he was way out in left field. Susan tried to guess what the surprise was but she was way out in left field. 2. Speaking or acting very queerly; crazy. The girl next door was always queer, but after her father died, she was really out in left field and had to go to a hospital.Compare: OUT OF ONE'S HEAD.
right and left|left|right
adv. phr. In or from every direction; all around; on all sides. The knight rode into battle striking at the enemy right and left with his broadsword. When the talk ended, questions were thrown at the speaker right and left.in left field
in left fieldsee out in left field.
left
leftIn addition to the idioms beginning with left, also see hang a left; out in left field; right and left; take up where one left off; two left feet, have.
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- left-handed compliment
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left field
left fieldsee out in left field.
left wing
left wingThe liberal or radical faction of a political group, as in Many consider him a leader of the Democratic Party's left wing. This expression originated in the seating practice of European legislatures, whereby those holding liberal views were assigned to the left side of the house. [First half of 1800s]
two left feet, have
two left feet, haveBe clumsy, as in I'll never get the hang of this dance; I've got two left feet. This expression conjures up an image of feet that are not symmetrical, as left and right are, therefore causing imbalance or stumbling. It was first recorded in 1915.
An left idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with left, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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