lay in 成语
lay in
store up a supply of something, get and keep for future use They are trying to lay in as much food as possible before winter comes.
play into his hand
do as he planned, fall into his trap (see fall into a trap) By accepting a ride in Paul's car, you played right into his hand.
play into one
be or do something that another person can use against one If you become angry at his extreme actions it will only play into his hands.
play into one's hands
be or do something that another person can use against you By losing his temper our manager played into the hands of the other side during the meeting.
play into someone
do something that gives someone else an advantage If you walk out of the meeting in anger you will only be playing into his hands.
lay into
1.attack physically; go at vigorously殴打;痛击;猛击
The two fighters laid into each other as soon as the bell rang.铃声一响,两位拳手互相猛击起来。
I saw Jones lay into a man twice his size.我看见琼斯狠揍一个比他个子大一倍的男人。
2.attack with words用语言攻击;抨击
I let him have his say,and then I laid into him.我让他把话说完,然后把他痛骂了一顿。
The senator laid into the opponents of his bill.那位参议员猛烈抨击了反对他的提案的人。
At the meeting they laid into each other fiercely.在会上他们激烈地相互指责。
Go play in traffic
This is used as a way of telling someone to go away.
Play into someone's hands
If you play into someone's hands, you do what they were expecting you to do and take advantage of this.
lay in on
scold or criticize severely
"My mom really laid in on me when I got home at 4:00 in the morning last night."
lay in|lay
v. To store up a supply of; to get and keep for future use.
Mrs. Mason heard that the price of sugar might go up, so she laid in a hundred pounds of it. Before school starts, the principal will lay in plenty of paper for the students' written work. Compare: LAY UP.
lay it on|lay|lay into|lay it on thick|lay on|put
v. phr.,
informal To persuade someone by using very much flattery; flatter.
Bob wanted to go to the movies. He laid it on thick to his mother. Mary was caught fibbing. She sure spread it on thick. Compare: PUT ON(2b).
play into one's hands|hand|hands|play
v. phr. To be or do something that another person can use against you; help an opponent against yourself.
In the basketball game, Jerry's foul played into the opponents' hands. Mary and Bobby both wanted the last piece of cake, but Bobby played into Mary's hands by trying to grab it.
play in Peoria
play in Peoria Be acceptable to the average consumer or constituent. For example,
We've tested this new soup in several markets, but will it play in Peoria? This expression originated among touring theater companies trying to make sure their productions would win favor in America's heartland, symbolized by the small city of Peoria, Illinois.
play into the hands of
play into the hands of Act so as to give an advantage to an opponent, as in
The senator played right into the hands of her opponents when she backed that unpopular amendment to the tax bill. [c. 1700]
lay in
1. To admit or bury into article else. Have they laid the aboriginal allotment of the fence in the arena yet? Be abiding to lay in the adamant balustrade afore the accurate sets.2. verb To access and banal article to accumulate in reserve. If I'm activity to accept 50 kids in my abode abutting week, I bigger lay up a accumulation of cardboard towels now!Learn more: laylie in
1. verb To recline or blow in a collapsed position in or central of something. When I came in, I saw all my important affidavit lying in a basin of baptize on the kitchen floor.2. obsolescent, verb Of a abundant woman, to be bedfast in the hospital while in activity or cat-and-mouse to accord bearing to her child. The affair I'm afraid best about accepting an consecration is accepting to lie in for the absolute day cat-and-mouse for the activity to set in.3. verb To appear about from or be the aftereffect of something; to depend on something. The success of out attack lies in establishing assurance amid rural voters. The fate of the aggregation lies in the banker's hands.4. noun A abiding break in one's bed in the morning. Often hyphenated. Primarily heard in US. Your mum's accepting a lie in this morning, so we charge to be added quiet downstairs. I love accepting a continued lie-in on Sundays.Learn more: lielay someone or something in(to) something
to abode addition or article in something. The women laid the baron into the casket and the burial advance assembled. The baker laid the apricot in the poaching liquid.Learn more: laylay something in
to get article and abundance it for approaching use. They laid a lot of aliment in for the holidays. We consistently lay in a ample accumulation of firewood anniversary November.Learn more: laylay in
Also, lay up. Banal or abundance for approaching use, as in We laid in food for the winter, or Are you abiding you've laid up abundant material? The aboriginal appellation dates from the backward 1500s, the additional from about 1400. Also see lay aside, def. 2; lay down, def. 4. Learn more: laylay in
v.
1. To abode article and bury it in a surface: The roofer laid the new shingles in yesterday. We should lay in the tiles afore charwoman them.
2. To abundance article for approaching use: The arctic campaign had to lay in food for the Arctic winter. We harvested a lot of potatoes and laid them in for the continued winter ahead.
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