how the land lies
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Surely you bite your lip, enjoy representing your country and see how the land lies when you get back?
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
That way, Verstappen can see how the land lies in 2026, and if Red Bull are struggling it will be contractually easier to move in that case as well.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025
Do you think I don't know how the land lies?
From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony
There was something wrong; so I rode past without stopping—one learns from them to find out how the land lies before doing anything.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
Oho! that is how the land lies, is it?
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)
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