lose out on something—suffer a loss or disadvantage in smth.: Sitting in the hotel the next day, I realize now that I lost out on the deal. lose out to something—be overcome or replaced by smth.; lose a competition: The popular press, uncertain of its role, lost out to the heavies and the provincials.
Difference between Lose one’s way and Lose way
lose one’s way— 1. cease to follow the right track; become lost: The children lost their way in the dark and did no reach home. 2. be unable to find the right road in life: You seem to me like one who has lost his way and made a great error in life. Note: The […]
Difference between Lose one’s touch with someone and Lose touch with someone
lose one’s touch with someone—lose one’s ability to handle a person: I seem to have lost my touch with my children. They won’t mind me anymore. lose touch with someone—cease to be in contact with smb.: Politicians have become so absorbed in their own war-games that they have lost touch with the wider world.
Difference between Lose one’s marbles and Pick up one’s marbles
lose one’s marbles—(coll.) go out of one’s mind; start acting in a strange way: I may be old, but I haven’t lost my marbles yet. Cf.: have all one’s marbles—(coll.) be sensible; be in one’s right mind: Do men who have got all their marbles go swimming in lakes with their clothes on? pick up […]
Difference between Lose one’s head • Lose one’s mind
lose one’s head— 1. lose one’s presence of mind; become confused: Don’t lose your head and start the car in gear. Take things quietly, put the lever in neutral…. 2. become emotionally attached to a person: She is at the age that she loses her head over every other boy she meets. lose one’s mind—lose […]
Difference between Lose hold of someone and Lose hold over someone
lose hold of someone—(also: lose one’s hold of someone) 1. be no longer able to physically grasp or hold a person: After a struggle at midfield, Davis lost hold of Barrington, who then scored to win the game. 2. lose power or control over a person: He lost hold of her, and she moved to […]
Difference between Lose heart and Lose one’s heart
lose heart—become discouraged; give up hope: Don’t lose heart if an ambition does not look like being realized. Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase have a heart— 1. (usually imper.) be understanding and sympathetic; be reasonable: Have a heart! I can’t possibly get through that amount of work in such […]
Difference between Lose all reason and Lose one’s reason
lose all reason—become irrational or illogical in one’s speech or behavior: He lost all reason and started abusing his opponent. lose one’s reason—lose one’s mental faculties; go crazy: It was not unknown for men to become peculiar, or even completely to lose their reason, in the vast spaces of Masailand.
Difference between Lose a fortune and Lose one’s fortune
lose a fortune—lose an extremely large amount of money (in gambling, etc.): He’s lost a fortune on the roulette tables and his businesses are going bankrupt due to his massive debts. lose one’s fortune—lose all of one’s financial wealth (through misadventure, etc.): The first time he lost his fortune was in 1915, when he declared […]
Difference between Lord Commissioner and Lord High Commissioner
Lord Commissioner—a member of a board exercising the powers of a high British office of state: The Reading Clerk bows to each Lord Commissioner as he is named, and the Commissioner responds by raising his hat. Lord High Commissioner—the representative of the British Crown at the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland: The […]
Difference between Lord Chamberlain and Lord Great Chamberlain
Lord Chamberlain—(UK) an officer responsible for the royal household who is also the licenser of plays (also: Lord Chamberlain of the Household): But the particular function of the Lord Chamberlain led to many clashes over works that have since become classics. Lord Great Chamberlain—(UK) a hereditary officer of state whose duties were originally financial but […]
Difference between Lord Admiral and Lord of the Admiralty
Lord Admiral —(hist.) head of the naval administration of Great Britain: As she is escorted out of the courtroom, she overhears the Lord Admiral Cotwell talking with his long time friends. Lord of the Admiralty—(UK) one of the five lords commissioners of the Admiralty: Lord Camelford can boast of a power which rivals that of […]