the lay of the land

the way a situation has been arranged or has developed how the land lies If you see them together, you don't have to be a detective to understand the lay of the land.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oanez	-	Breton
Tami	TAM-ee	English
Nicholas	['nikələs]
Duarte	DWART	Portuguese
Valentine	['væləntain]
Erika	e-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian