partridge hackle
Angling
noun
A type of artificial fly.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Francis Francis (1822–1886), writer on angling.
- the Law
- (the law of) diminishing returns
- the Law of Moses
- the law of the jungle
- the Left
- the length and breadth of
- the lesser evil (or the lesser of two evils)
- the Lido
- the lie (lay) of the land
- the life and soul of the party (the life of the party)
- the light of day
- the light of one's life
- the lights are on, but nobody's (or no one's)home
- the likes of
- the Line
- the line of least resistance
- the line (or path) of least resistance
- the lion's den
- the lion's share
- the Litany
- the little woman
- the Liturgy
- the living image of
- the long and the short of it
- the long (or strong) arm of the law