Last Updated :2025/11/26

lay it on thick

Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
感情や気持ちを過度に誇張して表現する / 過剰にお世辞を言う / 罪悪感を植え付ける、責任感を煽る
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彼が彼女の料理を褒めるとき、つい大げさに褒め立てて『今までで一番だ』と主張してしまった。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(idiomatic) To exaggerate or overstate a feeling or emotion. / (idiomatic) To flatter. / (idiomatic) To guilt, guilt-trip.

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lay it on thick

When he praised her cooking, he couldn't help but lay it on thick about how it was the best he'd ever tasted.

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When he praised her cooking, he couldn't help but lay it on thick about how it was the best he'd ever tasted.

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