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white lieA deliberate, untrue statement which does no harm or is intended to produce a favorable result.Rate it:

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white lieAn lie that is said for not hurting others with a clean mindRate it:

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lie inTo be brought to bed in childbirth.Rate it:

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lie through one's teethTo tell a gross or egregious untruth.Rate it:

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lie doggokeep quietRate it:

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the cake is a lieThe end you are pursuing is unattainable or misguided; the reward you have been promised is false.Rate it:

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Let Sleeping Dogs LieNot to invite trouble, to be calm and avoid stirring any possible troubleRate it:

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a lie has no legsYou can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.Rate it:

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if you lie with dogs you will get fleasIt is important whom to choose as one's closest acquanitances.Rate it:

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a lie comes back sooner or laterYou can't run from a lie, it will return to you at some point.Rate it:

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boire le calice jusqu'à la lieTo drink the cup to the dregs.Rate it:

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ce qui me lie, c'est ma folieStraw bands will tie a fool’s hands.Rate it:

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give the lieUsed in give the lie to.Rate it:

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give the lieto respond to an insult, accusation, or falsehood by saying the offender is lying, particularly in the context of provoking a challenge to a duelRate it:

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give the lie toTo prove something to be false; to refute.Rate it:

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I tell a lieI am mistaken; I thought that what I said was true, but I have just realised that it is not.Rate it:

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let sleeping dogs lieTo leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.Rate it:

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lie aroundTo be in an unknown place.Rate it:

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lie aroundTo do nothing in particular; to be idle.Rate it:

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lie backTo relax, to exert less effortRate it:

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lie backTo lie down from a sitting positionRate it:

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lie back and think of england. "think of England" refers to the importance of children.Rate it:

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lie back and think of englandUsed to preface any unpleasant but inevitable experience.Rate it:

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lie before(especially of something honorific) to be situated in front ofRate it:

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lie beforeto put oneself at the whim of, to bow down toRate it:

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lie byTo have sex with.Rate it:

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lie detectorpolygraphRate it:

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lie downto be lazy or remissRate it:

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lie downto assume a reclining positionRate it:

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lie ill in one's mouthTo sound artificial or contradictory.Rate it:

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lie inTo stay in bed.Rate it:

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lie in waitprepare an ambushRate it:

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lie lowkeep quiet or unseenRate it:

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lie offTo remain at a safe distance fromRate it:

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lie toTo have the sails arranged so as to counteract each other.Rate it:

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lie withto have sex, sexual relations with someoneRate it:

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live a lieTo conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.Rate it:

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make one's bed and lie in itTo create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.Rate it:

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you make the bed you lie inA person's circumstances are normally the result of his or her own actions.Rate it:

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black and whiteA type of giant cookie with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.Rate it:

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black and whiteA police patrol car.Rate it:

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white trashA poorly educated white person with low moral and social standards and low social status.Rate it:

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white holeA theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole.Rate it:

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White ElephantA useless object, an expensive but useless possessionRate it:

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white sheepUsed other than as an idiom: see white, sheep.Rate it:

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white magicMagic derived from good or benign forces, as distinct from evil or malevolent forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing good or giving aid.Rate it:

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in black and whiteHaving it displayed using shades of gray/gray rather than colour/color .Rate it:

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like white on riceInseparable; in very close proximity; following closely.Rate it:

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white elephantAn ornament etc that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment.Rate it:

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white saviorAn embedded reflex by those from unquestioned privilege to outline the solution to Black social struggles and systemic racism.Rate it:

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