lie through your teeth

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to say sth that is not true at all

   And here I am lying through my teeth.

In the movies · 1

• And here I am lying through my teeth.Take the Money and Run1969
• That is what lying through your teeth can get you.The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009
• Don't get me wrong, that was fun, but you just lied through your teeth.The Holdovers2023

From the same entry

• lie ahead store
• lie in state
• lie in wait
• lie low
• take lying down
• you've made your bed and you must lie in it
• be at the bottom of
• hang heavy
• see, how the land lies
• let sleeping dogs lie
• lie around
• lie back

More idioms

• show the ropes
• the thing
• the tip of the iceberg
• there's no such thing as a free lunch
• get the better of
• bits and pieces
• get your hands dirty
• on the road
• at a distance
• a high profile
• from top to bottom
• have a way with