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单词 to put it on thick
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to put (spread, etc.) it on thick
c. to lay it on thick, (figurative) to do something with vehemence or excess. Cf. to lay on 6 at lay v.1 Phrasal verbs. Also, to put (spread, etc.) it on thick.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase]
to go beyond the moon?c1430
to cast beyond the moon1559
to lay on load?1562
to lay it on with a trowela1616
all (his) geese are swans1621
to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667
to lay it on thick1740
to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778
to come it1796
to make a thing about (also of)1813
to draw with the long-bow1823
to pitch it strong1823
to overegg the pudding1845
to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865
to god it1870
to strong it1964
to stretch it (or things)1965
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)]
twig1573
to go at ——1675
to go it1794
to come it1796
to lay it on thick1806
to blaze away1826
bushwhack1837
steam1842
split1844
rustle1882
to work like a demon1884
yank1888
go-at-it1904
to go somea1911
to put a jerk in it1919
to go (also do) one's (also a) dinger1923
to work (etc.) one's ass off1924
to go to town1933
to gie (or give) it laldy1974
1740 Champion 29 Jan. (1741) I. 225 You may lay on Honour and Beauty, and all Manner of Virtues as thick as you please.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 9 Lay it on thick, I beg, while your hand is in.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 276 Lay it on thick, and never mind expences.
1865 ‘M. Twain’ in Californian 6 May 9/3 Don't you think he is spreading it on rather thick?
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. ii. xviii. 112 Henslowe lays it on thick—paints with a will.
1929 A. Christie Seven Dials Myst. xviii. 148 I thought Bundle was laying it on a bit thick myself... But Codders is such an ass he'd swallow anything.
1955 W. C. Gault Ring around Rosa xiv. 165 Now she was putting it on as thick as a starlet at a producer's party.
1976 Times 24 Mar. 3/2 (advt.) If we are laying it on a bit thick it's only because we want you to volunteer out of a mature realisation of what the Army can be like.
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