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Phrase(s): lay a (heavy) trip on someone
1. Inf. to criticize someone. • There’s no need to lay a trip on me. I agree with you. • When he finally does get there, I’m going to lay a heavy trip on him like he’ll never forget. 2. Inf. to confuse or astonish someone. • After he laid a heavy trip on me about how the company is almost broke, I cleaned out my desk and left. • After Mary laid a trip on John about leaving him, all he could do was cry. 3. and lay a guilt trip on someone Inf. to attempt to make someone feel very guilty. • Why do you have to lay a guilt trip on me? Why don’t you go to a shrink? • Of course, she just had to lay a trip on him about being bossy, self-centered, and aloof. 4. Inf. to reveal serious or devastating information to someone. • That’s a powerful story. I didn’t know you were going to lay a heavy trip like that on me. • Man, you really laid a trip on me.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs