letter perfect
Meaning: Exactly right.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression is used only in reference to writing or speech.
More idioms — Daily Life
- life of riley — The good life; a comfortable life.
- the lion's share — The greater part; most.
- live and let live — To live without interference from other; to not interfere with the lives of others.
- and barrel lock, stock — Everything; the entirety.
- the long and short of it — The outcome; the point.
- look sharp — To have a neat and orderly appearance (sentence 1) or to have a stylish appearance (sente…
More English idioms
- look like death warmed over — To look/feel ill or exhausted.
- lose one's cool — To become angry.
- lose one's temper — To become suddenly angry. To hold one's temper means to remain calm when irritated.
- low man on the totem pole — The person of lowest rank.
- make a clean breast of it — To admit and explain some wrongdoing; to confess something.
- make a long story short — To summarize; to tell only the main points.
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