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  • 61Tell me another (one)! — exclam. Tell me another fairy tale!; That was a lie. Tell me another just as good! □ You a stockbroker? Tell me another one! □ There’s no improvement in this problem! Tell me another! …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 62Tell Me Why (Eurovision song) — Infobox ESC entry song = flagicon|Romania Tell Me Why caption = year = 2002 country = Romania artist = Monica Anghel, Marcel Pavel as = with = language = English languages = composer = Ionel Tudor lyricist = Mirela Fugaru conductor = place = 9th… …

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  • 63Tell Me Sweet Little Lies (Grey's Anatomy) — Infobox Television episode | Title = Tell Me Sweet Little Lies Series = Grey s Anatomy Season = 2 Episode = 14 Guests = Natalie N. Okamoto (Yumi) Airdate = January 22, 2006 (ABC) Production = 214 Writer = Tony Phelan and Joan Rater Director =… …

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  • 64lie through one's teeth — informal tell an outright lie. → lie …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 65lie through one's teeth — idi lie through one s teeth, to tell a brazen, vicious lie …

    From formal English to slang

  • 66TELL, WILLIAM —    Swiss hero and patriot, a peasant, native of the canton of Uri, who flourished in the beginning of the 14th century; resisted the oppression of the Austrian governor Gessler, and was taken prisoner, but was promised his liberty if with his bow …

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  • 67lie — [OE] English has two words lie. The verb ‘recline’ goes back, together with its Germanic relatives (German liegen, Dutch liggen, Swedish ligga. Danish ligge), to a prehistoric base *leg , a variant of the base *lag which produced lay. Both come… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 68lie — [OE] English has two words lie. The verb ‘recline’ goes back, together with its Germanic relatives (German liegen, Dutch liggen, Swedish ligga. Danish ligge), to a prehistoric base *leg , a variant of the base *lag which produced lay. Both come… …

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  • 69tell tales — verb To lie, to be making false claims. Dont listen to him, hes telling tales …

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  • 70lie through one's teeth — verb 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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