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(idiomatic) To exaggerate or overstate a feeling or emotion. / (idiomatic) To flatter. / (idiomatic) To guilt, guilt-trip.

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lay it on thick

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lay it on thick

verb

(idiomatic) To exaggerate or overstate a feeling or emotion. / (idiomatic) To flatter. / (idiomatic) To guilt, guilt-trip.

He likes to lay it on thick when telling stories.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To exaggerate or overstate a feeling or emotion.

She really laid it on thick when her pet died.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To flatter.

He knew he needed to lay it on thick in his job interview.

意味（3）

(idiomatic) To guilt, guilt-trip.

Her mother laid it on thick, telling her to call home more often.