LAY IT ON WITH A TROWEL


Meaning of LAY IT ON WITH A TROWEL in English

( informal ) to talk about sb/sth in a way that makes them or it seem much better or much worse than they really are; to exaggerate sth :

He was laying the flattery on with a trowel.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.