lay (someone or something) before (someone or something) Idiom, Proverb

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.

have had it (with someone or something)

can

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

lay (someone or something) afore (someone or something)

1. old-fashioned To set or abode addition or article down afore addition or article else. In both usages, the article of "lay" is sometimes placed in added genitalia of the sentence. Please lay the adolescent afore the fire. We don't appetite her to appear down with hypothermia. She laid afore the chantry a album of roses.2. old-fashioned To present some topic, issue, case, etc., to addition or some group. The abbot lays afore assembly a best absorbing issue. You charge be actually assertive of the actuality afore you lay this case afore the aerial court.Learn more: before, lay

lay something afore someone

1. Lit. to present article to someone. The cat laid the abrasion afore her mistress. Dave laid the present afore her as a accord offering.
2. Fig. to present article for addition to judge. All you can do is lay the amount afore the abecedary and achievement for a favorable response. I appetite to lay this afore you and let you decide.Learn more: before, lay

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