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beating around the bush	Avoiding factual responses, offering evasive statements, presenting dubious evidence.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
get thee behind me	Do not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs.	Rate it: (3.75 / 4 votes)
to get one's wires crossed	One can get their wires crossed by asking the wrong question or making a confusing statement or by interpreting the answer incorrectly, or by receiving confusing answers to confusing statements.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
are you for real?	Statements, actions. Body language, past history create an image of an individual in a particular situation.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
a lot of malarkey	Statements, results, appearances which are unproven, present myriad shortfalls, do not appear within plausible parameters.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
big talk	Statements which are boastful or exaggerated.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Born Yesterday	One who is immature and not experienced, one who does not know a lot of tricks or statements that people use to fool others	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
drive-by media	Media that provides broad or misleading statements in quick succession without context or explanation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lying through your teeth	A repulsive, indictment and accusation as to someone's statements or assertions. It smacks of a strong objection to the veracity of verbiage of another. Usage will enhance degradation and destroy any amicability.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
omnia ad veritatem dicere	to be truthful in all one's statements.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pugnantia loqui (Tusc. 1. 7. 13)	to make contradictory, inconsistent statements.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shoot one's mouth off	To make reckless or exaggerated statements.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sing from the same hymnbook	To make the same or similar statements, especially to express the same opinions in public as a result of a prior agreement.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
talk is cheap	It is easy to make boastful or unrealistic statements which are not supported by actions or evidence.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tell you the truth	Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to you tell the truth".	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
war of words	A heated exchange of threatening or inflammatory statements.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)