LAY IT ON WITH A TROWEL


Meaning of LAY IT ON WITH A TROWEL in English

{v. phr.}, {informal} To persuade someone by using very much flattery; flatter. * /Bob wanted to go to the movies. He laid it on thick to his mother./ * /Mary was caught fibbing. She sure spread it on thick./ Compare: PUT ON(2b).

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