- lie through your teeth
- Lie through your teethSomeone who is always lying, regardless of what people know, lies through their teeth.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
lie through your teeth
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lie through your teeth — lie through (your) teeth to say things that are not true in a way that seems sincere. Slater wasn t a doctor, he had never been to medical school, he just lied through his teeth and we believed him … New idioms dictionary
lie through your teeth — lie through your ˈteeth idiom (informal) to say sth that is not true at all • The witness was clearly lying through his teeth. Main entry: ↑lieidiom … Useful english dictionary
lie through your teeth — Someone who is always lying, regardless of what people know, lies through their teeth. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Lie through your teeth — Someone who is always lying, regardless of what people know, lies through their teeth … Dictionary of English idioms
lie through teeth — lie through (your) teeth to say things that are not true in a way that seems sincere. Slater wasn t a doctor, he had never been to medical school, he just lied through his teeth and we believed him … New idioms dictionary
lie through teeth — If you lie through your teeth, you lie openly and brazenly, knowing that what you are saying is completely false. I saw him breaking the window. If he denies it, he s lying through his teeth … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
lie — lie1 [ laı ] (present participle lying [ laııŋ ] ; past tense lay [ leı ] ; past participle lain [ leın ] ) verb intransitive *** ▸ 1 be/put yourself flat ▸ 2 be in place/on surface ▸ 3 in a competition ▸ 4 consist of ▸ 5 be in particular state ▸ … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lie — I UK [laɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms lie : present tense I/you/we/they lie he/she/it lies present participle lying UK [ˈlaɪɪŋ] / US past tense lay UK [leɪ] / US past participle lain UK [leɪn] / US *** 1) a) to be in a position in which… … English dictionary
lie — lie1 W1S2 [laı] v past tense lay [leı] past participle lain [leın] present participle lying third person singular lies ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(flat position)¦ 2¦(exist)¦ 3¦(place)¦ 4¦(future)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
lie — 1 /laI/ verb present participle lyingpast tense lay, past participle lain /leIn/ 1 FLAT POSITION a) (intransitive always + adv/prep) to be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, on a bed etc (+ on/in/there etc): He was lying on… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
