The phrase "about the lay" is not standard or commonly used in written English.
It may be used in specific contexts, such as discussing a situation or topic related to a "lay" or a "layoff," but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "We need to have a conversation about the lay of the land before making any decisions."
Alternatives: "regarding the situation" or "concerning the matter".
"I think the format of the meeting was set up to be generally about the lay of the land going forward," Kennedy continued.
But if the defenders decide that declarer must guess what to do to get home, they will strive to mislead declarer about the lay of the land.
"I can help Hollywood understand why the comic book content is working and meanwhile understand enough about the lay of the land to give good story notes and be helpful in picking the right screenwriter".
Though the Pentagon had aerial images of its vast Alaska training fields, Davis said, they were useless to the Kiowas without accurate information about the lay of the land.
Anyone curious about the lay of the land in Algeria or Tajikistan can get answers, and a dash of local color, in Mr. Khanna's succinct chapters, which envelop the reader in a whirlwind of facts and figures, some eye-opening, others merely perplexing.
Like its predecessors it is an unerring thesaurus of gestural tells, a trove of briskly rendered asides ("We shook hands limply, in the manner of a cold prisoner exchange on the Potsdam bridge"); but it is also full of unheeded warnings about the lay of the narrative land.
If you called him out on his lying, he would lie about the lying in a way that made you question your memory, even your own sanity.
We talked to him about the lying, but him breaking his own laptop was a life lesson.
Respondents were positive about the training, especially about the role of the lay expert.
The lying, the obfuscation, the dissembling about the campaign, the victimization and grudge against the media, the juvenile comparisons to Hillary, the puffery, the lying about Obamacare, the lying about Russia, the lying about his conflicts of interest, the lying about his tax returns.
The lying about it is pathetic.
