how the land lie
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the assessment or understanding of the current state or conditions of a particular situation or context, specifically at a specific point or period
Dialect
British
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Idiom
例
I'm meeting with the team to discuss how the land lies regarding the project's progress.
Yesterday, we had a meeting to assess how the land lay after the changes in leadership.
