to lie before
[phrase form: lie]
01
前に横たわる, 将来に存在する
to exist or occur in the future
例
Despite the uncertainty of the future, there was a sense of optimism about what lay before them.
将来の不確実性にもかかわらず、彼らの前に横たわっているものについて楽観的な感覚があった。
to lie before somebody
01
to surrender oneself to the mercy or control of another
Idiom例
The defeated warrior lay before the conqueror, begging for mercy.
