Don't tell me porkies about where you were last night.
porky
idiom Slang
Cockney rhyming slang · East London
lie, e.g. "He's telling porkies!"
Origin
via pork pie
He tried to hide the truth, but his friends knew he was telling porkies.
Despite his attempts to maintain a facade of honesty, the evidence proved he had been spinning porkies all along.
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devil lies in the details
Synonym of devil is in the details.
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give the lie
To respond to an insult, accusation, or falsehood by saying the offender is lying, particularly in the context of provoking a challenge to a duel.
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give the lie to
To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.
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I can't lie
To be honest, frankly, honestly.
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I tell a lie
I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.
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let a sleeping dog lie
Alternative form of let sleeping dogs lie.
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let sleeping dogs lie
To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.
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lie at someone's door
To be the fault or responsibility of someone.
Last updated June 7, 2026