Collocations for "lady"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "lady" in context.
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lady
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [beautiful, lovely, young, pretty, generous, single] lady
- is our first lady
- is the first lady (of)
- hey there [little, sexy] lady
- takes a lady to [share, show, see]
- [be, act like] a lady
- the Lady of [Guadalupe, Lourdes]
- the lady in [red, black]
- a lady's [bag, novel, shoes]
- the lady who [answered, served me]
- ladies and gentlemen, please (welcome)
- the ladies' [bathroom, restroom]
- need to [go to, visit] the ladies'
- is a lady of leisure
- is a lady of the night
- ladies who lunch
- looking for a lady friend (to)
- lady luck was with me (tonight)
- Lady [Diana]
'lady' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
address
- bag
- become
- becoming
- carriage
- cat
- check
- chic
- classy
- cleaning
- cranky
- elderly
- elegant
- faint
- fifty
- garden
- good-looking
- gray
- great
- inch
- killer
- kindly
- large
- lucky
- madam
- mug
- old
- patch
- pregnant
- refined
- sexy
- snub
- sophisticated
- spook
- stern
- striking
- stunning
- stylish
- tender
- tone
- trim
- waiting