| 单词 | white lie |
| 释义 | white lieSEE SYNONYMS FOR white lie ON THESAURUS.COM nouna minor, polite, or harmless lie; fib. Words nearby white liewhite lead ore, white leather, white leg, Whiteley, white lias, white lie, white light, white lightning, whiteline, white line of anal canal, white-lipped peccary Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for white liewhite lie nouna minor or unimportant lie, esp one uttered in the interests of tact or politeness Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with white liewhite lie An untruth told to spare feelings or from politeness, as in She asked if I liked her dress, and of course I told a white lie. This term uses white in the sense of “harmless.” [First half of 1700s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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