half the truth is often a whole lie
- Fuente de la expresión
- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2002.
- Contexto
- Jill: You lied to me. Jane: I did not. Everything I said was true. Jill: But you didn't tell me the whole story. And half the truth is often a whole lie.
- Tipo de fuente
- dictionary
- Autor
- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2002.
- Título de la fuente
- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2002.
- Año
- 2002
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente