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last out
To be enough until the end of.
Our candies won't last out the night.
There is enough food in the house to last out the snowstorm.
To continue to the end of; continue to live after; live or go through.
The old man is dying; he won't last out the night.
This car will never last out the winter.
last straw
straw that breaks the camel's back
A small trouble which follows other troubles and makes one lose patience and be unable to bear them.
Bill had a bad day in school yesterday. He lost his knife on the way home, then he fell down, and when he broke a shoe lace, that was the last straw and he began to cry.
I can’t believe that my roommate left the door to our apartment unlocked again. It’s the last straw; I’m moving out.
Mary didn't like it when the other girls said she was proud and lazy, but when they said she told fibs it was the straw that broke the camel's back and she told the teacher.
When John asked to borrow money from me for the fourth time, it was the last straw. I finally told him that I couldn’t lend him any more.
last word
The last remark in an argument.
I never win an argument with her. She always has the last word.
The final say in deciding something.
The superintendent has the last word in ordering new desks.
The most modern thing.
Mrs. Green's stove is the last word in stoves.
last-ditch
Made or done as a last chance to keep from losing or tailing.
He threw away his cigarettes in a last-ditch effort to stop smoking.
latch onto
hitch onto
To get hold of; grasp or grab; catch.
He looked for something to latch onto and keep from falling.
The football player latched onto a pass.
To get into your possession.
The banker latched onto a thousand shares of stock.
To understand.
The teacher explained the idea of jet engines until the students latched onto it.
To keep; to hold.
The poor woman latched onto the little money she had left.
To stay with; not leave.
Marie and Dick wanted to go to the movies by themselves, but Mane's little brother latched onto them.
latch string
A string that opens an old-fashioned door by lifting a small bar.
The early settlers kept the latch string outside the door when they were working around the house, but at night they pulled it to the inside.
A warm welcome; a friendly greeting. Used in such phrases as the latch string is out.
Mary has her latch siring out for everyone who comes.
later on
Later; not now.
Bill couldn't stand on his head when school started, but later on he learned how.
Finish your lessons. Later on, we may have a surprise.
laugh all the way to the bank
To have made a substantial amount of money either by lucky investment or by some fraudulent deal and rejoice over one's gains.
Заработать значительную сумму денег либо путем удачных инвестиций, либо путем мошеннической сделки и радоваться своей выгоде.
After launching her new app, she’s been so successful that she’s laughing all the way to the bank while her competitors struggle to keep up.
Запустив свое новое приложение, она добилась такого успеха, что заработала кучу денег, в то время как ее конкуренты изо всех сил пытаются за ней угнаться.
If you had done what I suggested, you, too, could be laughing all the way to the bank.
Если бы вы сделали то, что я предложил, вы бы тоже прилично заработали.
The author was worried that her book wouldn’t sell, but it became a bestseller, and now she’s laughing all the way to the bank.
Автор переживала, что ее книга не будет продаваться, но она стала бестселлером, и теперь она богата.