Idiom
I tell a lie
Meaning
I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The meeting is at ten, wait, I tell a lie, it is at eleven.”
“I thought I left my keys on the table, but I tell a lie, they are actually in my coat pocket.”
“He claimed the train departed at noon, but then, I tell a lie, he checked the schedule and realized it had already left an hour ago.”
Examples
simple
“The meeting is at ten, wait, I tell a lie, it is at eleven.”
contextual
“I thought I left my keys on the table, but I tell a lie, they are actually in my coat pocket.”
complex
“He claimed the train departed at noon, but then, I tell a lie, he checked the schedule and realized it had already left an hour ago.”
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