lay it on thick

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lay it on thick (informal, informal)

to make an emotion or experience seem more important or serious than it really is. He'd injured his hand slightly but he was laying it on a bit thick about how painful it was. They must have told us ten times how wonderful their daughter was - they were really laying it on with a trowel.

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But I told him I was upo' the travel three parts o' the Sundays,--an' then I'm so used to bein' on my legs, I can't sit so long on end,--'an' lors, sir,' says I, 'a packman can do wi' a small 'lowance o' church; it tastes strong,' says I; 'there's no call to lay it on thick. The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context More results

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