Idiom
the devil is a liar
Meaning
A general expression of distrust, particularly implying that another person is attempting to deceive the speaker, or that a situation is not, or can not be, as it appears.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't trust his promise; the devil is a liar.”
“She told me the car was in perfect condition, but the engine died immediately; the devil is a liar.”
“When the politician insisted that the new tax would benefit the poor, the skeptical crowd muttered that the devil is a liar.”
Examples
simple
“Don't trust his promise; the devil is a liar.”
contextual
“She told me the car was in perfect condition, but the engine died immediately; the devil is a liar.”
complex
“When the politician insisted that the new tax would benefit the poor, the skeptical crowd muttered that the devil is a liar.”
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