laughing stock
This expression refers to a person or group that everyone laughs at because they do something stupid or ridiculous.
Используется по отношению к человеку или группе людей, над которыми все смеются, потому что они делают что-то глупое или нелепое.
If you wear that to school you'll be the laughing stock of the class.
Если ты пойдешь в этом в школу, то будешь посмешищем для всего класса.
When the company’s product failed spectacularly, it became the laughing stock of the tech industry.
Когда продукт компании потерпел сокрушительный провал, он стал посмешищем всей технологической индустрии.
The politician’s embarrassing gaffe quickly made him a laughing stock on social media.
Неловкая оплошность политика быстро сделала его посмешищем в социальных сетях.
launch window
A period of time when the line-up of planets, Sun, and Moon are such as to make favorable conditions for a specific space launch.
The mission was canceled until the next launch window which will be exactly six weeks from today.
A favorable time for starting some kind of ambitious adventure.
My next launch window for a European trip isn't until school is over in June.
law-abiding
Obeying or following the law.
Michael had been a law-abiding citizen all his life.
lay a finger on
To touch or bother, even a little. Used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences.
Don't you dare lay a finger on the vase!
Suppose Billy fakes his brother with him; wilt the mean, tough boy down the street dare lay a finger on him?
If you so much as lay a finger on my boy, I'll call the police.
lay in
To store up a supply of; to get and keep for future use.
Mrs. Mason heard that the price of sugar might go up, so she laid in a hundred pounds of it.
Before school starts, the principal will lay in plenty of paper for the students' written work.
lay into
light into
To attack physically; go at vigorously.
The two fighters laid into each other as soon as the bell rang.
John loves Italian food and he really laid into the spaghetti.
To attack with words.
The senator laid into the opponents of his bill.
lay on the line
put on the line
lay it on the line
To pay or offer to pay.
The sponsors had to lay nearly a million dollars on the line to keep the show on TV.
The bank is putting $5,000 on the line as a reward to anyone who catches the robber.
To say plainly so that there can be no doubt; tell truthfully.
I'm going to lay it on the line for you, Paul. You must work harder if you want to pass.
To take a chance of losing; risk.
The champion is laying his title on the line in the fight tonight.
Frank decided to lay his job on the line and tell the boss that he thought he was wrong.
lay out in lavender
To scold; lecture.
He was laid out in lavender for arriving an hour late for the dance.