(Louisiana, Cajun, St.Martin Parish) to lie

(figuratively, informal) to laugh in one's sleeve, to chuckle to oneself

in all one's glory, in all one's splendour

(figuratively) to preach in the wilderness, to speak in the wilderness, to be a voice crying in the wilderness

broadly, broadly speaking, for the most part

(informal) in a flap, in a state, beside oneself, very agitated

(figuratively) a bombshell, a shocking declaration

with great distress, with a heavy heart

(vulgar) turd in the punchbowl (fly in the ointment)

(informal) big time, completely, thoroughly