lay at someone's doorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

lay at someone's door (third-person singular simple present lays at someone's door, present participle laying at someone's door, simple past and past participle laid at someone's door)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To blame (a problem) on someone; to hold someone responsible for (something).
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     Conviction of sin held him like a vice: he saw the lassie's death laid at his door; her face haunted him by day and night, and the word of the Lord dirled in his ears, telling of wrath and punishment.

関連する語

• at someone's door

動詞

lay at someone's door

1. simple past of lie at someone's door

Further reading

• “lay at someone's door”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.