black lie
black lie · black lies
A deliberately untrue statement made with malicious or unethical intentA deliberately untrue statement made with malicious or unethical intent.
» A black dog is lying under the table.
Під столом лежить чорний пес. — deniko
Ergulis · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A deliberately untrue statement made with malicious or unethical intent.
Examples
4 sentencesA black dog is lying under the table.
Під столом лежить чорний пес. — deniko
Black hens lay white eggs.
A black coffin lay on the ground.
In the kitchen a kettle was singing on the fire, and a large black cat lay coiled up in the basket.
Origin
Coined in contradistinction to white lie.Coined in contradistinction to white lie.
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Forms
plural: black lies| Singular | black lie |
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