Lay it on with a trowel In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Lay it on with a trowel", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Evelyn Nguyen

2020-12-17 12:12

Meaning of Lay it on with a trowel

Synonyms:

Make a Mountain Out of a Molehill , lay it on a bit thick , pile it on

Lay it on with a trowel British American informal

Thành ngữ này được sử dụng một cách không chính thức, thân mật, không trang trọng.
Ta cũng có thể sử dụng thành ngữ này theo cách: lay on [một điều gì đó cụ thể] with a trowel nếu chúng ta muốn nhấn mạnh.

This idiom is used to flatter, exaggerate and overstate praise, excuses, or blame, ect.

I don't know whether Krystal is telling the truth or laying it on with a trowel.

I don't like when Madison always keeps laying it on with a trowel.

Recent advertising companies usually lay it on with a trowel.

Whenever her boss gets a good deal, she always lays it on with a trowel.

Other phrases about:

a rich man's joke is always funny

People are always inclined to flatter or please a rich man by laughing at his joke which may not be a very good one.

blow your own trumpet

Show off or brag about yourself

Cry Wolf

Used to show that someone is claiming that something is happening when it is not or giving a false alarm

turn geese into swans

To overstate or embroider the merits, or successes of someone or something

lick (someone's) boots

To flatter and treat one extremely respectful to a powerful person in order to get favor

Grammar and Usage of Lay it on with a trowel

Verb Forms

Lay it on with a trowel
laid it on with a trowel
lays it on with a trowel
to lay it on with a trowel

The verb "lay" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Lay it on with a trowel

It originated from William Shakespeare's work "As You Like It" (1600)