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lot noun► do the lotto lose all your money UK, 1961. ► the lota life sentence in prison NEW ZEALAND, 1997
idiomlot► sb has a lot to prove sb has something to provethe best of a bad lot/bunch BrEBrEuse in order to say that someone or something is not very satisfactory, but is better than other people or things of the same kind or in the same group:I'm fed up with our councillors - Williams is the best of a bad bunch.It's only the best of a bad lot, but the Copper Kettle is the best place to eat in town.a fat lot of good it does sb(also a fat lot of use sb/sth is)(or a fat lot of help sb/sth is)spoken used in order to emphasize that someone or something is not helpful or useful:"I'm going to stop paying my rent as a protest." "Fat lot of good that'll do you - he'll throw you out."There's a post office in the town, but a fat lot of help that is to you if you don't drive.sb/sth has a lot to answer forspoken used in order to say that someone or something is partly responsible for the way that a person or group of people thinks or behaves, especially when you do not approve of this way of thinking or behaving:I think that advertising has a lot to answer for, with all those long-legged beautiful women. Women don't look like that!Early movies have a lot to answer for, because they disguised the true nature of marriage.throw in your lot with sb(also cast your lot with sb)to join or support someone, so that what happens to you depends on what happens to them:At first Italy remained neutral, but in 1915 she threw in her lot with the allies and declared war on Austria.Challe decided to cast his lot with the generals who opposed de Gaulle.
See:- a bad lot
- a fat lot
- a fat lot of good
- a fat lot of good/help/use
- a fat lot of use
- a lot
- a lot of
- a lot of baloney
- a lot of bunk
- a lot of malarkey
- a lot of moola
- a lot of nerve
- a lot of pluck
- a lot of promise
- a lot on (one's) plate
- a lot, not much, etc. in the way of something
- a whole lot
- a whole lot of (something)
- all over the lot
- bad lot
- be the best of a bad lot
- best of a bad bunch
- best of a bad lot
- by lot
- carry (an amount of) weight
- cast (one's) lot in with (someone or something)
- cast (one's) lot with (someone or something)
- cast lot in
- cast lot with
- cast lots
- cast one's lot with
- cast/draw lots
- cover a lot of ground
- cover ground
- draw lots
- draw straws
- fall to (one's) lot
- fall to someone's lot
- fat chance
- fat lot
- get (a lot of) grief (from someone)
- get (a lot of) stick (from someone)
- get (some kind of) mileage out of (something)
- get a lot of mileage out of
- get a lot of stick
- give (someone) (a lot of) stick
- give and take
- have (a lot) of bottle
- have (an amount of) plates spinning
- have (something) going for (one)
- have a lot going
- have a lot going for (one)
- have a lot of bottle
- have a lot of irons in the fire
- have a lot of time for (someone or something)
- have a lot of time for somebody/something
- have a lot on
- have a lot on (one's) mind
- have a lot on (one's) plate
- have a lot on mind
- have a lot on one's plate
- have a lot on the ball
- have a lot to answer for
- have a lot, anything, etc. on
- have a lot, something, nothing, etc. going for you
- have anything on
- have enough on (one's) plate
- have enough on your plate
- have enough, a lot, etc. on your plate
- have going for one
- have nothing going for (someone or something)
- have several irons in the fire
- have something on the ball
- have something/a lot on the ball
- have too many irons in the fire
- have too much on plate
- heck of a lot of
- hell of a lot of (something)
- in the way of (someone or something)
- irons in the fire, lots of/too many
- it, etc. says a lot, much, etc. about/for somebody/something
- job lot
- keep (an amount of) balls in the air
- keep (an amount of) plates spinning
- leave a lot to be desired
- leave a lot, much, etc. to be desired
- leave lots to be desired
- lose (some amount of) time
- lose money on (something)
- lot lizard
- lot of
- lot of give-and-take
- lot of hooey, a
- lot of nerve
- lot of promise
- lots of
- lots of love (from)
- lots of luck
- Lots of luck!
- lots of people or things Go to a lot of
- lots of promise
- make (an amount of money) on (something)
- make noise (about something)
- no shortage of lots of
- not a (whole) lot
- not do a lot for (someone)
- not do anything for (someone)
- not do anything/a lot/much for somebody
- not have a lot on
- not have anything on
- not the only fish in the sea
- pay scot and lot
- pay scot and lot (for something)
- plate, to have a lot/enough on one's
- put (one) to a lot of expense
- quite a bit
- quite a lot
- save (an amount of) (money) on (something)
- say a great deal about (someone or something)
- say a lot about (something)
- see a lot of (one)
- see a lot, nothing, etc. of somebody
- show (a lot) of bottle
- spend (something) for (something)
- spend (something) on (someone or something)
- take (a lot of) stick (from someone)
- take a load off mind
- take a lot of nerve
- take a lot of nerve (to do something)
- take a lot off (someone's) mind
- take a lot out of
- take a lot out of (one)
- Thanks
- the best of a bad bunch/lot
- the best of the lot
- the last of the lot
- the whole lot
- there are plenty/lots more fish in the sea
- there's a lot/much to be said for (something)
- think a lot of
- think a lot of (someone or something)
- throw in (one's) lot with (someone or something)
- throw in your lot with
- throw in your lot with somebody
- throw in your lot with someone
- whole heap more
- you lot
- you've got a lot of nerve
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