lie heavy on somebodyformalSAD/UNHAPPY if something lies heavy on you, it makes you feel unhappy 沉重地压在某人心头,使某人感到不安 The feelings of guilt lay heavy on him. 内疚感沉重地压在他的心头。
lie heavy on somebody• The duties of leadership lay heavy on him.• Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water, laced eerily with threads of light from the blaze.• The river, swollen and bloated, lay heavy on the sunken fields.
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