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Life and death is London Cockney rhyming slang for breath.
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."
Life and soul is British slang for a jolly, fun−loving, extrovert person.
Joy of my life is London Cockney rhyming slang for wife.
Light of my life is London Cockney rhyming slang for wife.
Get a life is slang for to find something useful or meaningful to do with oneself.
Sporting life is London Cockney rhyming slang for wife.
Anything uncommonly large, as, 'That's a whopper,' meaning a monstrous lie.
Noun. The good life. E.g."Ever since they won the lottery and have stopping working they've been living the life of Riley."
Lie down is slang for surrender, abase oneself.
Not on your life is slang for impossible.
Gate of life was old British slang for the vagina.
(lief) equally or preferably
To lie low is slang for to remain in concealment or inactive.
Kiss of life is London Cockney rhyming slang for wife.
Willingly, gladly.
Staff of life is Dorset slang for the penis.
Life peer is London Cockney rhyming slang for a homosexual (queer).
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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.
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.
n.
The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life.
n.
One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.
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.
obs. p. p.
of Lie. See Lain.
a.
Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.
n.
A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.
a. & adv.
See Lief.
n.
An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood.
n.
Same as Lif.
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.
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.
a.
That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.
n.
Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.
imp. & p. p.
of Lie
n.
The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
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