give the lie to Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
give the lie to|give|lie
v. phr.,
literary 1. To call (someone) a liar.
The police gave the lie to the man who said that he had been at home during the robbery. 2. To show (something) to be false; prove untrue.
The boy's dirty face gave the lie to his answer that he had washed.
give the lie to
give the lie to Show to be false, refute, as in
His black eye gave the lie to his contention that he hadn't been fighting. [First half of 1500s]
give the lie to (something)
To abnegate or adverse something. Her atramentous address gave the lie to her account that she was accomplishing great.Learn more: give, liegive the lie to something
Fig. to appearance that article is a lie. The affirmation gives the lie to your testimony. Your own acceptance of your allotment in the cabal gives the lie to your beforehand testimony.Learn more: give, liegive the lie to
Show to be false, refute, as in His atramentous eye gave the lie to his altercation that he hadn't been fighting. [First bisected of 1500s] Learn more: give, lie give the lie to
1. To appearance to be inaccurate or untrue.
2. To allege of lying.Learn more: give, liegive the lie to, to
To refute, to prove false; also, to allege of lying. This announcement dates from the sixteenth century. Sir Walter Raleigh acclimated it in his composition “The Lie,” in which he tells his body to survive his body: “Go, back I needs charge die, and accord the apple the lie.” It is beneath generally heard today. Learn more: give, lie
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