laid

best-laid plans of mice and men oft(en) go astray, and best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley.

Prov. Things often go wrong even though you have carefully planned what you are going to do. (The gang aft a-gley version is Scots dialect, and comes from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse.") Jill: I reserved a hotel room for us three weeks ago, but now the clerk says he has no record of our reservation. So much for our fun weekend in the city. Jane: Well, these things happen. The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray. I had all the arrangements made for my party, and then the guest of honor got sick and I had to call the whole thing off. The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft a-gley. If a little rain can ruin the best-laid plans of mice and men, think what an earthquake might do!

See also: and, astray, men, mice, plan

get laid

to have sexual intercourse. (Use caution.) Tommy wanted nothing more out of life than to get laid.

See also: get

laid back 

1. calm and relaxed. Willie is not what I would call laid back. You are really one laid-back guy!

2. intoxicated. He's a little laid back and can't come to the phone. How can those guys work when they are laid back by noon?

See also: back

laid out 

1. intoxicated. Man, you got yourself laid out! I'm too laid out to go to work today.

2. well-dressed. Look at those silks! Man are you laid out! She is all laid out in her Sunday best.

See also: out

laid up

[of people or things] immobilized for recuperation or repairs. I was laid up for two weeks after my accident. My car is laid up for repairs. I was laid up with the flu for a week.

See also: up

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laid-back

a person who is laid-back is very relaxed and does not get anxious or angry very often I can imagine he's good to work for - he seems very laid-back. He comes across as your typical laid-back Californian.