laugh one out of
To cause another to forget his/her worries and sorrows by joking.
Заставить другого человека забыть о его заботах и печали с помощью шутки.
Jack was worried about getting airsick, but his son and daughter laughed him out of it.
Джек боялся, что его укачает, но сын и дочь развеяли его страхи.
I tried to express my feelings, but he laughed me out of my seriousness, making me feel like I couldn't be open with him.
Я попыталась выразить свои чувства, но не воспринял мою серьезность, заставив меня почувствовать, что я не могу быть с ним откровенной.
I was nervous about sharing my embarrassing story, but my friends just laughed me out of my shell, and soon we were all sharing our most awkward moments.
Я нервничала, рассказывая свою неловкую историю, но мои друзья подбодрили меня, и вскоре мы все делились своими самыми неловкими моментами.
lay about one
To hit out in all directions. Used with a reflexive object: her, him, or them.
The bandits surrounded the sheriff, but he laid about him so hard, with his gun used as a club, that they stepped back and let him escape.
Mrs. Franklin didn't kill the mouse, but she laid about her so hard with the broom that she scared it away.
lay oneself out
To make an extra hard effort; try very hard.
Larry wanted to win a medal for his school, so he really laid himself out in the race.
lay out in lavender
To scold; lecture.
He was laid out in lavender for arriving an hour late for the dance.
lay out
To prepare (a dead body) for burial.
The corpse was laid out by the undertaker.
To knock down flat; to hit unconscious.
A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round.
To plan.
Come here, Fred, I have a job laid out for you.
To mark or show where work is to be done.
The foreman laid out the job for the new machinist.
To plan the building or arrangement of; design.
The architect laid out the interior of the building.
The early colonists laid out towns in the wilderness.
To spend; pay.
How much did you have to lay out for your new car?
To scold; lecture.
He was laid out in lavender for arriving an hour late for the dance.
layout
General situation; arrangement; plan.
The layout of their apartment overlooking Lake Michigan was strikingly unusual.
leak out
To become known; escape.
The famous beauty queen tried to keep her marriage a secret, but news of it soon leaked out.
leave a bad taste in one's mouth
To feel a bad impression; make you feel disgusted.
Производить плохое впечатление, оставлять плохую память о себе.
Seeing a man beat his horse leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
His rudeness to the teacher left a bad taste in my mouth.
The way that the company treated us left a bad taste in our mouth.
Своим отношением эта компания произвела плохое впечатление на нас.