the lie of the land
the way the land lies

We've no hope until we know the lie of the land a bit better.

Just to get the lie of the land, so to speak.

She studied the lie of the land and made her decision.

He didn't have long to get the lie of the land.

He knew the lie of the land now, and could report it accurately.

I just want to get a look at the lie of the land."

She would spy out the lie of the land and write to him.

With the lie of the land, it certainly was in a perfect line for the hole.

But knowing anything about the lie of the land was better than going in blind.

"True, but I wanted to see the lie of the land for myself.

She was also beginning to see the lie of the land with her in-laws.

I got an idea of the lie of the land.

The way wound somewhat with the lie of the land, but its general direction was right.

Better let me go ahead and scout the lie of the land."

He'll know the lie of the land better than us.'

The lie of the land was indeed the cause of it all, so the local paper said.

However, the lie of the land was steeper than at the other sites lower down the river.

"Let's take a look at the body and the lie of the land," he said gruffly.

But her main aim was business, finding out the lie of the land, perhaps making a few contacts.

It seemed unthinkable that the lie of the land could have changed so swiftly.

He was going to climb up, if he could, and get a look at the lie of the land.

She couldn't act until after dark, and she had already got the lie of the land.

They navigate by the stars and by the lie of the land.

When you're working on a specific site, the lie of the land can really animate the sculpture.

Terrain is used as a general term in physical geography, referring to the lie of the land.

The limestone outcropping in the same way, the way the land lies, the trees along the watercourses and the springs.'

And Also The Trees - The Way the Land Lies from album (listen for) the rag and bone man....

But the way the land lies, they'll need longer to get to us than the others, even if the fight to the north ends right now and the group on the south doesn't have to fight at all before they reach us."