Idioms
See heavy in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhang/lie heavy
- hang/lie heavy (on/in something) (of a feeling or something in the air) to be very easy to notice in a particular place in a way that is unpleasant
- Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water.
- Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.
- hang/lie heavy on somebody/something to cause somebody/something to feel uncomfortable or anxious
- The crime lay heavy on her conscience.
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