lay it on thick/with a trowel是什么意思_英语组词翻译

词组

lay it on thick/with a trowel

释义

●lay it on ˈthick/with a ˈtrowel

(also

pile it on ˈthick,

pile it ˈon)

say that sth is much better or much worse than it really is because you want to impress or annoy sb （为给某人留下深刻印象而）过分吹捧，过分贬低，言过其实

◆He said that she was his favourite author and that she deserved the Nobel Prize for literature. He really laid it on with a trowel.
他对她说，她是自己最喜欢的作家，还说她应该获得诺贝尔文学奖。他对她真是不吝溢美之词。

◆My father really piled it on, shouting at me for ages about my exam results.
我父亲真是小题大做，因为我考试没考好冲我大喊大叫了老半天。

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