Lap: started, were rent. Launsgay: lancegay, a form of spear. Lease: leasing: falsehood. Leeful: "its leeful lane," "its lane," alone; a Scottish idiom joins to "lane" the genitive pronoun, "his lane," "their lane," etc. "Leeful," compassionate, the harp played of itself compassionately. Lemes: gleams. Lend: give. See Robin Hood - God lend.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
"Do tell!" cried Rhoda, surprised into an idiom; "as if I'd have taken money from _him!"_英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
Coleman's eyes dilated. Was ever fate less perverse ? Partly in wretched French to the officer and partly in idiomatic English to the dragoman, he proclaimed his fiery desire to accompany the expedition. The officer immediately beamed upon him. In fact, he was delighted. The dragoman had naturally told him many falsehoods concerning Coleman, incidentally referring to himself more as a philanthropic guardian and, valuable friend of the correspondent than as, a plain, unvarnished. dragoman with an exceedingly good eye for the financial possibilities of his position.英文原著 · 《Active Service》
"'The Latin races,' says Henry, explaining easy in the idioms he learned at college, 'are peculiarly adapted to be victims of the phonograph. They yearn for music and color and gaiety. They give wampum to the hand-organ man and the four-legged chicken in the tent when they're three months behind with the grocery and the bread-fruit tree."英文原著 · 《Cabbages and Kings》
"Mellinger explained, fluent, in the Castilian idioms, that his soul was disconcerted with joy at introducing to his respected friends America's greatest invention, the wonder of the age. Henry got the cue and run on an elegant brass-band record and the festivities became initiated. The governor man had a bit of English under his hat, and when the music was choked off he says:英文原著 · 《Cabbages and Kings》
"'I'm going to buck center,' says Henry, in his football idioms. There isn't a tackle in the lot of them. Follow me close, and rush the game.'英文原著 · 《Cabbages and Kings》
I'd expect more use of idiom for 1 thing and it seems almost edited.美剧 · 《Lie to me》
As I've explained repeatedly to Dr. Koothrappali, Whose ability to comprehend the American idiom fails him When it's convenient.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》