APAD: Lay it on with a trowel

来源: 7grizzly 于 2025-02-02 09:15:42 [] [博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 阅读数 : (7069 bytes)

Meaning:

    To crudely labour a point, or flatter in an overly generous manner.

 

Background:

   From Shakespeare's As You Like It, 1600.

 

     LE BEAU: Fair princess, you have lost much good sport.

     CELIA: Sport! of what colour?

     LE BEAU: What colour, madam! how shall I answer you?

     ROSALIND: As wit and fortune will.

     TOUCHSTONE: Or as the Destinies decree.

     CELIA: Well said: that was laid on with a trowel.

 

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]

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I recently saw 'pile it on thick' in a mystery novel where a newsperson did all

he could to impress his audience with Inspector Montalbano's breakthrough in

a double-murder case.

 

    He piled it on thick, pumping up the story in every way possible.

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• a good 1 7G! didn't read the book, but watched all of -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 09:30:03

• "Inspector Montalbano" TV series, relaxed&funny&interesting. -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 09:31:45

• not 2 lay it onWith a trowel, we've 1st SNOW here today! :-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (238 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 09:36:58

• meal plan: hotpot on a snowy day after 1hr jogging outdoors -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 09:48:20

• Thanks. I just read two novels&haven't watched any. -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 09:49:54

• 4Me, book1st&show2nd ain't as good as show1st&book2nd. -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 09:56:17

• Yes. I decided to skip watching after reading. -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 10:44:20

• New to me. Pile it on thick,also lay it on thick. 这下三个都记住了，谢 -暖冬cool夏- ♀ 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 13:30:15

• 用力过猛 -妖妖灵- ♀ 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 13:44:25

• very good :-) -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 14:53:22

• I received comments of my post堪比原唱 -移花接木- ♂ 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (623 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 13:54:07

• Which one？ Let me be the judge！：） -妖妖灵- ♀ 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 14:37:15

• 认真你就输了 -移花接木- ♂ 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 16:02:22

• 天之涯Home？碾压原唱！原唱我听了三遍，你的唱我听了三十遍：） -妖妖灵- ♀ 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 17:16:55

• Lay it on with a trowel -移花接木- ♂ 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/03/2025 postreply 04:18:20

• It's possible. You might well have beaten 原唱. -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 14:54:36

• yep. I know at least one :-)) -最西边的岛上- ♀ 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 14:57:15

• Interesting! Maybe I can incorporate it into my lyrics 1 day -暮子默- ♀ 给 暮子默 发送悄悄话 暮子默 的博客首页 (35 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 18:37:27

• Like in Garrison Keillor's ``Santa Lucia'' :-) -7grizzly- ♂ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/02/2025 postreply 19:27:45

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