lie through one's teeth

lie through one's teeth
To tell a gross or egregious untruth.

When a politician claims he can lower taxes without cutting spending, hes lying through his teeth.


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  • lie through one's teeth — To lie brazenly • • • Main Entry: ↑tooth * * * informal tell an outright lie without remorse …   Useful english dictionary

  • lie through one's teeth — idi lie through one s teeth, to tell a brazen, vicious lie …   From formal English to slang

  • lie through one's teeth — {v. phr.} To lie uninhibitedly and unashamedly. * /Everyone in the courtroom could sense that the accused was lying through his teeth./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lie through one's teeth — {v. phr.} To lie uninhibitedly and unashamedly. * /Everyone in the courtroom could sense that the accused was lying through his teeth./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lie\ through\ one's\ teeth — v. phr. To lie uninhibitedly and unashamedly. Everyone in the courtroom could sense that the accused was lying through his teeth …   Словарь американских идиом

  • lie through one's teeth — informal tell an outright lie. → lie …   English new terms dictionary

  • through one's teeth — (usu facetious) To lie shamelessly ● lie …   Useful english dictionary

  • lie — lie1 /luy/, n., v., lied, lying. n. 1. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. 2. something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie that deceived …   Universalium

  • lie — I n 1. falsehood, untruth, prevarication, fib, white lie, little white lie, quibble, Inf. taradiddle; equivocation, evasion, fencing, Euph. departure from the truth; falsity, fiction, falsification, invention, concoction, fabrication, half truth …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • lie — I [[t]laɪ[/t]] n. v. lied, ly•ing 1) a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; a falsehood 2) something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture 3) the charge or accusation of lying: He flung the lie back at his …   From formal English to slang

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