单词 | lay down the law |
释义 | lay down the lawSEE SYNONYMS FOR lay down the law ON THESAURUS.COM Assert something positively and often arrogantly, state something dogmatically. For example, Dad laid down the law about locking up the house. This colloquial expression, first recorded in 1762, uses lay down in the sense of def. 2. Words nearby lay down the lawlay clerk, lay day, lay days, laydeez, laydown, lay down the law, layer, layer board, layer cake, layering, layer of rods and cones The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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