APAD: Lay it on with a trowel

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.

a good 1 7G! didn't read the book, but watched all of

"Inspector Montalbano" TV series, relaxed&funny&interesting.

not 2 lay it onWith a trowel, we've 1st SNOW here today! :-)

meal plan: hotpot on a snowy day after 1hr jogging outdoors

Thanks. I just read two novels&haven't watched any.

4Me, book1st&show2nd ain't as good as show1st&book2nd. eg.

"aSpy amongFriends" (trueStory) I did show1st then borrowed

the book, enjoyed both show & book very much. :-))

Yes. I decided to skip watching after reading.

New to me. Pile it on thick,also lay it on thick. 这下三个都记住了，谢

用力过猛

I received comments of my post堪比原唱

That's reallyGood& I believe U!!(isItwhenUsayNothing@all?;-)

That's really good & I believe them unless it's in 某坛 where

it's custom to lay it on with a trowel ;-))))

Which one？ Let me be the judge！：）

new 2 me 2. learned w/ U together 暖冬 :-)

very good :-)

It's possible. You might well have beaten 原唱.

yep. I know at least one :-))

认真你就输了

天之涯Home？碾压原唱！原唱我听了三遍，你的唱我听了三十遍：）