live a lie — If you spend your life hiding something important about yourself, or inventing something which is not true, you live a lie. To hide his humble origins, he told his wife he had no family and spent his life living a lie … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
live a lie — to live a life that is dishonest because you are pretending to be something that you are not, either to yourself or to other people. Walker, who admitted that he was gay last year, spoke of the relief he felt at no longer having to live a lie … New idioms dictionary
live a lie — verb To conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know ones true character or perspective. Ant: be oneself … Wiktionary
live a lie — to spend your life hiding the truth about yourself or your feelings … English dictionary
live — live1 W1S1 [lıv] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a place/home)¦ 2¦(plant/animal)¦ 3¦(at a particular time)¦ 4¦(be/stay alive)¦ 5¦(way of life)¦ 6¦(earn a living)¦ 7¦(exciting life)¦ 8¦(imagine something)¦ 9¦(be kept somewhere)¦ 10 … Dictionary of contemporary English
lie — I n. falsehood 1) to tell a lie 2) to give the lie to ( to prove to be false ) 3) a bald faced, barefaced, blatant, brazen, deliberate, downright, monstrous, outright, transparent, whopping; white lie 4) a pack, tissue, web of lies 5) (misc.) to… … Combinatory dictionary
live — 1 verb IN A PLACE/TIME 1 IN A PLACE/HOME (intransitive always + adv/prep) to have your home in a particular place: live in/at/with/near etc: Where do you live? | We used to live in Bakersfield. | They have one daughter who still lives with them.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
live — I VERB USES ♦ lives, living, lived (Pronounced [[t]lɪ̱v[/t]] in live 1, and [[t]la͟ɪv[/t]] in live 2.) 1) VERB If someone lives in a particular place or with a particular person, their home is in that place or with that person. [V adv/prep] She… … English dictionary
lie — lie1 W1S2 [laı] v past tense lay [leı] past participle lain [leın] present participle lying third person singular lies ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(flat position)¦ 2¦(exist)¦ 3¦(place)¦ 4¦(future)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
lie — lie1 [ laı ] (present participle lying [ laııŋ ] ; past tense lay [ leı ] ; past participle lain [ leın ] ) verb intransitive *** ▸ 1 be/put yourself flat ▸ 2 be in place/on surface ▸ 3 in a competition ▸ 4 consist of ▸ 5 be in particular state ▸ … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
