a pack of lies

pack of lies

A number of false statements made to deliberately hide the truth. After the human resources manager performed a background check on the new applicant, she realized his resume was a pack of lies. I didn't do anything they said I did. It's all a pack of lies!See also: lie, of, pack

a ˌpack of ˈlies

(informal) a lot of lies told at the same time: The police discovered that her story was a pack of lies. ♢ He told me a pack of lies when I asked him about previous jobs.See also: lie, of, pack

pack of lies, a

An elaborate fabrication. This phrase uses pack in the sense of a large collection of abstract objects, and, as it has been since Shakespeare’s time, in a disparaging sense. Thomas Jefferson used it in a letter of 1763: “Would you rather that I should write you a pack of lies?” A closely related expression is a tissue of lies. It uses tissue in the figurative sense of a woven fabric—that is, an intricate intertwining of separate elements, similarly abstract.See also: of, pack

单词	a pack of lies
释义	a pack of lies pack of lies A number of false statements made to deliberately hide the truth. After the human resources manager performed a background check on the new applicant, she realized his resume was a pack of lies. I didn't do anything they said I did. It's all a pack of lies!See also: lie, of, pack a ˌpack of ˈlies (informal) a lot of lies told at the same time: The police discovered that her story was a pack of lies. ♢ He told me a pack of lies when I asked him about previous jobs.See also: lie, of, pack pack of lies, a An elaborate fabrication. This phrase uses pack in the sense of a large collection of abstract objects, and, as it has been since Shakespeare’s time, in a disparaging sense. Thomas Jefferson used it in a letter of 1763: “Would you rather that I should write you a pack of lies?” A closely related expression is a tissue of lies. It uses tissue in the figurative sense of a woven fabric—that is, an intricate intertwining of separate elements, similarly abstract.See also: of, pack
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