Beth The phrase 'lay it on with a trowel' is also used, though it's not as common. Like 'lay it on thick' it means praise someone too much or exaggerate an emotion. Feifei Let's get back to work.

SHAGGY DOGS: TO LAY it on with a trowel is to be especially generous with your flattery and praise. The expression is thought to have been invented by the two-times British prime minister ...

It was, of course, a garden trowel with a label saying, "Want to cut out the spadework?" This piece of lateral thinking genius/PR idiocy gets them a mention in the Web World column and a plug for ...

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Who said ‘Everybody likes flattery; and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel’? Is there a question to which you want to know the answer? Or do ...

A certain nervousness in the upper reaches of the coalition is easily detectable ahead of the budget. It is one thing to make speeches, but quite another to actually swing the axe.

Overstuffed and unfocused. Running time: 96 minutes. Not rated (sex, language). At the Angelika, corner of Houston and Mercer streets. EVA Amurri, Susan Sarandon’s fresh-faced daughter, has an ...

At the beginning of a Masonic meeting, the Master of the Lodge struck an altar three times. During Masonic rituals, members wore white leather aprons and white gloves and carried three-sided trowels.

HUDSON - After two trans-Atlantic trips and 126 years, the trowel that laid the cornerstone of St. Michael’s Church in 1889 has been unearthed. Hudson resident Joe Coffey recently presented the ...

Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate “laid it on with a trowel” today at the Senate hearing, according to Sky News host Paul Murray. The inquiry surrounded the Cartier watch scandal ...

Trowels are being left by lay-bys for those needing an urgent toilet break Getty The council will also share advice from mountaineering Scotland on how people can engage in more considerate ...