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• labor of love: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• laid to rest: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• LAN network: delete network to avoid LAN (local area network) network (redundancy)
  
  
• lame duck: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• large number of, change to: many (wordiness)
  
  
• large proportion [or percentage] of, change to: many (wordiness) [Many potential voters stayed home. Not: A large proportion of potential voters stayed home. Or: A large percentage of voters stayed home.]
  
  
• lashed out at: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• last analysis: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• last but not least: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• last of all: delete of all (redundancy) [She polled last. Not: She polled last of all.]
  
  
• last-ditch effort: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• last laugh: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• last stand: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• last straw: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• late great. . . : cliché (avoid)
  
  
• laugh a minute: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• laughing all the way to the bank: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• law unto him- or herself: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• lay down the law: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• lay the groundwork: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• LCD display: delete display to avoid LCD (liquid crystal display) display (redundancy)
  
  
• lead balloon: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• lead by the nose: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• leader of the pack: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• leaps and bounds: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• leave no stone unturned: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• leave up in the air: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• leaves much to be desired: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• led down the garden path: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• lend a helping hand: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• length and breadth of the land: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• lenticular: not lenticular in shape (redundancy)
  
  
• let it all hang out: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• let well enough alone: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• lift: not lift up (redundancy) [It is an accomplishment to lift the free weights. Not: It is an accomplishment to lift up the free weights.]
  
  
• light as a feather: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• light-fingered: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• light of day: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• limped into port: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• line of least resistance: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• lit up like a Christmas tree: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• litmus test: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• little duckling: delete little (redundancy) [The duckling was really an infant duck. Not: The little duckling was really an infant duck.]
  
  
• little sapling: delete little (redundancy) [The sapling was on the way to becoming a full-grown oak. Not: The little sapling was on the way to becoming a mighty oak.]
  
  
• little woman [for wife]: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• live life to the full: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• living in the past: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• living the American dream: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• load of rubbish: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• local resident delete local (redundancy) [The residents decried urban sprawl. Not: The local residents decried urban sprawl.] NOTE: If residents of various communities are cited, they need to be cited by area, as in: Podunk Hills residents decried urban sprawl, with Sylvian Estates residents being more open to development.
  
  
• lock, stock, and barrel: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• lonely isolation: delete lonely (redundancy) [He lived in isolation. Not: He lived in lonely isolation.]
  
  
• long arm of the law: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• long-felt need: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• long-suffering: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• look on the bright side: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• loud and clear: cliché (avoid)
  
  
• luxury yacht: cliché and redundant (delete luxury) [It was a magnificent yacht. Not: It was a magnificent luxury yacht.]

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