lie through one's teeth

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

lie through one's teeth (third-person singular simple present lies through one's teeth, present participle lying through one's teeth, simple past and past participle lied through one's teeth)

1. (idiomatic) To tell an obvious untruth.

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

Translations

To tell a gross or egregious untruth

• Azerbaijani: gözünün içinə kimi yalan danışmaq
• Czech: lhát, jako když tiskne (cs)
• Dutch: liegen alsof het gedrukt staat
• Finnish: valehdella päin naamaa
• French: mentir comme un arracheur de dents (fr)
• German: lügen wie gedruckt (de)
• Hungarian: folyékonyan hazudik
• Polish: łgać jak pies (pl), łgać w żywe oczy, łgać jak najęty (pl), łgać jak z nut (pl), wciskać ciemnotę, opowiadać głodne kawałki (pl) impf, wciskać kit
• Russian: врать и не красне́ть impf (vratʹ i ne krasnétʹ) (lie an not to blush), врать, как си́вый ме́рин impf (vratʹ, kak sívyj mérin) (lie like grey gelding), пизди́т, как ды́шит (pizdít, kak dýšit) (obscene) ([one] bullshits like [he] breaths), врать в глаза (vratʹ v glaza) (lie into eyes)

Further reading

• “lie through one's teeth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.