英语词汇“lay down the law, to”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

lay down the law

To give a directive or order, or to dictate how to behave, often sternly or forcefully. You can't let these kids walk all over you. You need to lay down the law and stick to it. I always hire the same babysitter because she lays down the law, and my kids respect her for it.

lay down the law (to someone) (about something)

Fig. to scold someone; to make something very clear to someone in a very stern manner. Wow, was she mad at Ed. She really laid down the law about drinking to him. She laid down the law to Ed. She laid down the law about drinking.

lay down the law

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.

lay down the law

COMMON If you lay down the law, you tell people very forcefully and firmly what to do. They were traditional parents, who believed in laying down the law for their children. She had been in West Africa for less than four months, and did not feel it was her place to lay down the law.

lay down the law

issue instructions to other people in an authoritative or dogmatic way.

lay down the ˈlaw

(informal, disapproving) give somebody orders and express your opinions in an unpleasant, aggressive way, often when you have no right to do so: He came in here this morning and started laying down the law about all kinds of things. Who does he think he is?

lay down the law

To issue orders or instructions sharply or imperiously.

lay down the law, to

To pontificate; to give orders or make dogmatic statements. Lay down here means simply to “make,” and the expression today is often used ironically, since it rarely involves an actual legislator, or even an authority. It still did in 1765, however, when Blackstone’s Commentaries stated, “We may now . . . lay down the law of redress against public oppression.”

词汇	lay down the law, to
释义	lay down the law To give a directive or order, or to dictate how to behave, often sternly or forcefully. You can't let these kids walk all over you. You need to lay down the law and stick to it. I always hire the same babysitter because she lays down the law, and my kids respect her for it. lay down the law (to someone) (about something) Fig. to scold someone; to make something very clear to someone in a very stern manner. Wow, was she mad at Ed. She really laid down the law about drinking to him. She laid down the law to Ed. She laid down the law about drinking. lay down the law 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. lay down the law COMMON If you lay down the law, you tell people very forcefully and firmly what to do. They were traditional parents, who believed in laying down the law for their children. She had been in West Africa for less than four months, and did not feel it was her place to lay down the law. lay down the law issue instructions to other people in an authoritative or dogmatic way. lay down the ˈlaw (informal, disapproving) give somebody orders and express your opinions in an unpleasant, aggressive way, often when you have no right to do so: He came in here this morning and started laying down the law about all kinds of things. Who does he think he is? lay down the law To issue orders or instructions sharply or imperiously. lay down the law, to To pontificate; to give orders or make dogmatic statements. Lay down here means simply to “make,” and the expression today is often used ironically, since it rarely involves an actual legislator, or even an authority. It still did in 1765, however, when Blackstone’s Commentaries stated, “We may now . . . lay down the law of redress against public oppression.”
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