lays it on thick
Piles on praise
To lay it on thick is to exaggerate or overdo something, especially flattery, praise, or emotional display: He was laying it on thick with compliments, hoping she'd forget he was late.
The image suggests applying something—butter, paint, sentiment—more heavily than necessary.
Can also describe excessive drama or melodrama: She really laid it on thick about how hard her week had been.
- over the topExcessively theatrical or extreme
- crocodile tearsInsincere show of sadness
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- guilt-trippingInducing remorse deliberately
- praiseExpression of approval
theatricality · hyperbole · stretching the truth · adulation · emotional blackmail · bombast · fawning · embellishment · melodrama · making a scene · buttering up · puffery · sycophancy · kissing up · sob stories · compliments · amplification · dramatization