lie through your teeth

Related to word: lie

Idiom

Definition

  1. To deliberately and brazenly tell a lie, knowing it is completely untrue.

    • He knew he was wrong, but he lied through his teeth anyway, which was truly disappointing.

    • She told her boss she was sick and couldn't come to work, but she was actually on vacation, she was really lying through her teeth.

    • He told me he had never met her, but when I showed him the picture, he was definitely lying through his teeth.