Lays

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

The hen lays an egg almost every day.

The talented young chess player is very bold. He deliberately lays himself open to attack, makes himself vulnerable and then checkmates his opponent when least expected.

She lays the table for breakfast.

Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

As the catterpiller chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.

The female loves to play man against man, and if she is in a position to do it there is not one who will not resist. The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation. Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.

The man that lays his hand upon a woman, save in the way of kindness, is a wretch whom't were gross flattery to name a coward.

That dog tries to eat just about anything he lays his eyes on.

No-one lays a course of bricks truer than mine.