{"id":72863,"date":"2019-11-15T06:01:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72863"},"modified":"2019-11-15T06:01:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:01:10","slug":"idioms-and-expressions-with-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idioms-and-expressions-with-lose\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms And Expressions With Lose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following idioms and expressions are formed with the word lose. Each idiom is followed by its meaning \/ definition and example sentences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a lot\/too much to lose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you have a lot to lose you are in a position where something bad might happen to you if you do not manage to do something successfully.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At this point we don\u2019t want to get involved in a controversy like this; we have a lot to lose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have nothing to lose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you have nothing to lose you are in a position to try something because even if you fail, you are not going to lose anything.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I had little chances of getting that job, nonetheless I applied for it. I had nothing to lose after all.<\/li>\n<li>Figuring they had nothing to lose, they decided to place a bid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose the battle but win the war<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you lose the battle but win the war you fail to achieve a minor victory but at the same time succeed in achieving something much more important.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lose face<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To lose face is to fail to impress people because you are not in control of the situation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government will lose face if they fail to pass this bill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose ground<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To lose ground is to fall into a position where your chances of success are slim.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our team was leading in the first half but lost ground in the second half.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose your head<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To lose your head is to become so worried that you fail to think or act in a sensible way.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t lose your head. Now is the time to act sensibly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lose heart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To lose heart is to become dejected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although we knew that our chances of success were slim, we never lost heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you lose it, you suddenly become unable to think in a sensible way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don\u2019t know what happened to me, I just lost it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose your marbles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To lose your marbles is to become crazy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She must have lost her marbles. Otherwise, why should anyone want to quit such a high-paying job?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose your nerve<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To suddenly become too frightened to do something that you intended to do<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lose no time in doing something<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To do something immediately<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She lost no time in calling the police.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose someone to something<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you lose someone to something such as a disease, they die as a result of it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She lost her father to cancer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose your temper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To lose your temper is to become angry suddenly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He needs no reason to lose his temper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose your touch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you lose your touch, you become less successful at doing something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Has the maestro lost his touch? His latest album is not even half as good as his previous ones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lose touch (with something)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you lose touch with something, you do not know the most recent information about it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have been living in Britain for ten years, so I have somewhat lost touch with India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following idioms and expressions are formed with the word lose. Each idiom is followed by its meaning \/ definition and example sentences. Have a lot\/too much to lose When you have a lot&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[308,1870,1869],"class_list":["post-72863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-common-idioms","tag-idioms-with-lose","tag-lose-idioms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72864,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72863\/revisions\/72864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}