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lay it on thick

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Inglés		Español
lay it on thick v expr	figurative, informal (compliment effusively)	adular⇒ vtr
		halagar⇒ vtr
	He keeps telling me how fabulous I look; he's really laying it on thick and I am getting embarrassed.
	No para de decirme lo guapa que estoy; me adula tanto que empieza a avergonzarme.
	(figurado)	dorar la píldora expr
	(ES, coloquial)	hacer la pelota expr
	(ES)	dar coba loc verb
	No para de decirme lo guapa que estoy; me dora tanto la píldora empieza a avergonzarme.
lay it on thick, lay it on v expr	figurative, informal (exaggerate to mislead) (coloquial)	darse bombo loc verb
	At the interview he laid it on thick how much past experience he had, which made me suspicious.
	En la entrevista, se dio tanto bombo con su experiencia que me hizo sospechar.

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