| 单词 | i'm a liar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI'm a liar a. One who lies or tells a falsehood; an untruthful person. I'm a liar, (in trivial use) I am mistaken. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a liar liarc950 gabbera1325 fabler1362 wernard1362 leasing-mongerc1380 false sayera1382 leasing-maker1424 leasing-bearerc1440 contriver1477 drivelard1530 falsifier1532 lie-teller1552 Ananias1572 lick-dish1575 falsificator1609 fabulist1626 cracka1640 leaser1641 commentiter1645 prevaricator1650 cracker1652 bugiarda1670 rapper1758 pseudologist1804 Tom Pepper1818 wrinkler1819 lie-monger1830 untruther1889 tale-teller1894 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase] > by myself (I) tell (also am telling) a lie1910 I'm a liar1940 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. vi. 5 Mið ðy gie gebiddas ne wosas ge suæ legeras [other versions liceteras; L. hypocritæ]. a1023 Wulfstan Homilies 79 Up arisað lease leogeras. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 13 Ne beo þu lihȝere ne for eye ne for luue. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 333/362 A strong liare and man of false lawe. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 62 Þe lyeȝere is ylich þe dyeule þet is his uader. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 260 (309) Auauntoure and a lyere al is on. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xvii. 18 He..hath ben found an open lyer. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xx. xiv They that told yow the tales were lyers. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 422 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 19 Quhedir he a lele man or a lear be. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12590 Thus lytherly þo lyghers lappit þere tales. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Prol. f. 2v He is ane lear, and in him yair is na verite. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G4v Of all Writers vnder the sunne, the Poet is the least lier. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxii. §6. 547 Poets are liers, and for verses sake Will make the Gods of humane crimes partake. a1764 R. Lloyd Fam. Epist. to J. B. in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 96 Who are known lyars by profession. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) I. ii. 12 An habitual liar..must possess a poor and pusillanimous heart. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xiv. 130 ‘Now tell me I'm a liar!’ said the honest man. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 359 You are a liar, Meletus, not believed even by yourself. 1940 Sunday Express 31 Mar. 3/5 ‘That's not my brother Sid you met in here last Thursday. Or was it Friday?’ We said we didn't remember... ‘I'm a liar. It was Wednesday.’ 1972 W. Garner Ditto, Brother Rat! xv. 105 Last winter, was it? No, I'm a liar. The spring. That's right. < as lemmas |
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