lay (one) out in lavender Idiom
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v. phr. 1. To prepare (a dead body) for burial.
The corpse was laid out by the undertaker. 2.
slang To knock down flat; to hit unconscious.
A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round. 3. To plan.
Come here, Fred, I have a job laid out for you. 4. To mark or show where work is to be done.
The foreman laid out the job for the new machinist. 5. To plan the building or arrangement of; design.
The architect laid out the interior of the building. The early colonists laid out towns in the wilderness. Compare: LAY OFF
1. 6.
slang To spend; pay.
How much did you have to lay out for your new car? 7. or
lay out in lavender slang To scold; lecture.
He was laid out in lavender for arriving an hour late for the dance. Compare: JUMP ON, LAY INTO
2, LET HAVE IT(1c).
lay (one) out in lavender
1. obsolete To adapt a asleep anatomy to be buried. From the above convenance of strewing lavender petals over and about a anatomy to affectation its decomposing scent. The administrator was accused of annexation corpses afore laying them out in lavender. I'll never balloon the visage of my grandfathering laid up in lavender, two half-dollar bill aloft his eyes.2. anachronistic By extension, to annihilate someone. He said he would lay them out in lavender if they dared to bluff him. The altercation has led to dozens of abyss on either ancillary laid out in lavender.3. old-fashioned To abrade or admonishment one severely. Our grandmother laid us out in lavender for breaking her aged clock.Learn more: lavender, lay, outlay someone out in lavender
Fig. to abuse addition severely. She was absolutely mad. She laid him out in lavender and absolutely put him in his place. If you anytime feel like you charge to lay me out in lavender again, aloof balloon it.Learn more: lavender, lay, outlay addition out in lavender
tv. to abuse or admonishment addition severely. She absolutely laid him out in lavender for that. Learn more: lavender, lay, out, someone