lie through your teeth

lie through your teeth
lie through your ˈteeth idiom
(informal) to say sth that is not true at all

The witness was clearly lying through his teeth.

Main entry:lieidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • lie through your teeth — lie through (your) teeth to say things that are not true in a way that seems sincere. Slater wasn t a doctor, he had never been to medical school, he just lied through his teeth and we believed him …   New idioms dictionary

  • lie through your teeth — Someone who is always lying, regardless of what people know, lies through their teeth …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • lie through your teeth —    Someone who is always lying, regardless of what people know, lies through their teeth.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Lie through your teeth —   Someone who is always lying, regardless of what people know, lies through their teeth …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • lie through teeth — lie through (your) teeth to say things that are not true in a way that seems sincere. Slater wasn t a doctor, he had never been to medical school, he just lied through his teeth and we believed him …   New idioms dictionary

  • lie through teeth —    If you lie through your teeth, you lie openly and brazenly, knowing that what you are saying is completely false.     I saw him breaking the window. If he denies it, he s lying through his teeth …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 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

  • lie — I UK [laɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms lie : present tense I/you/we/they lie he/she/it lies present participle lying UK [ˈlaɪɪŋ] / US past tense lay UK [leɪ] / US past participle lain UK [leɪn] / US *** 1) a) to be in a position in which… …   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 — 1 /laI/ verb present participle lyingpast tense lay, past participle lain /leIn/ 1 FLAT POSITION a) (intransitive always + adv/prep) to be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, on a bed etc (+ on/in/there etc): He was lying on… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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