词汇 | feed-a-line |
释义 | feed someone a lineidiom disapproving to tell someone something that is not completely true, often as an excuse: 以不实之词欺骗,向…提供虚报情况 She fed me a line about not having budgeted for pay increases this year.她骗我说今年的预算中没有涨工资这一项。 to say something not true in order to deceive lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says. tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree. lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it. fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful. misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married. deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion. Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism falsehood falsification fib fiction flimflam lie mythologize perjure perjury polygraph someone can talk!idiom stretch the truthidiom weasel words white lie whopper |
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