To lie through your teeth

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🗓️ 16 February 2016

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Not telling the truth is not a good thing to do. Learn a phrase to describe your actions

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English We Speak.
0:08.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Hello and welcome to today is Rob.
0:15.0	Hello, have you heard Neil's good news?
0:18.0	Hello.
0:19.0	Hey, have you heard Neil's good news?
0:22.0	Uh, no, what is that? Well he ran in the London marathon and he came
0:26.7	first. That's impossible. Well I know it's hard to believe but he has been
0:32.1	training very hard and he's quite a fast runner.
0:35.6	Sorry Rob, he's lying through his teeth. He went to the cinema on Sunday.
0:42.4	Oh, did he really?
0:44.0	Ah, well, you've just used a perfect phrase,
0:47.0	to lie through your teeth.
0:49.0	It means to tell someone something that's completely untrue.
0:54.0	That's what I said it.
0:55.6	So he's giving you false information.
0:58.4	Yes, I'm going to have words with him.
1:01.6	But before I do, let's hear some more examples of this phrase.
1:07.0	When she said she was nearly 30 years old, I knew she was lying through her teeth.
1:14.0	They promised we'd get free drinks every day at our hotel,
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