porky
lie, e.g. "He's telling porkies!"
“Don't tell me porkies about where you were last night.”
“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.”
via pork pie
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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