lay down the law

He was the one who laid down the law the most.

Hell, he should have laid down the law years ago.

You're a kid, and your mother has just laid down the law.

Perhaps such a man could walk up to the Captain and lay down the law.

"I think the league has laid down the law on that."

Aside from that he has simply laid down the law.

I've laid down the law that's going to be observed in my house.

He gets red in the face and starts laying down the law to me.

Would the league then lay down the law with Jordan?

We need a television show with authority to lay down the law on these subjects.

Do not be aggressive or start laying down the law about your rights.

She would not reason nor bargain, only lay down the law to him.

Well, there was nothing for it, I had to lay down the law in no uncertain terms.

He explained some game strategy, then laid down the law.

The controller would get hold of the police captain and lay down the law.

That's when Helen spoke up and laid down the law.

Show your badge, play the recording and lay down the law.

"I think that he's here to lay down the law!

"That's if you have the power to lay down the law.

God, if you only knew how I hate laying down the law like this to anybody.

But then his parents lay down the law: no getting up from the dinner table until the green stuff is eaten.

So he laid down the law: for every romance, I read a classic.

Now things may be more rigid as people try to lay down the law."

The United States is in a position to lay down the law to the international community.

He could at least have waited until tomorrow to lay down the law so firmly.