From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlie heavy on somebodylie heavy on somebodyformalSAD/UNHAPPY if something lies heavy on you, it makes you feel unhappy The feelings of guilt lay heavy on him. → lie
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lie heavy on somebody• The duties of leadership lay heavy on him.• Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water, laced eerily with threads of light from the blaze.• The river, swollen and bloated, lay heavy on the sunken fields. 