to tell a white lie
- Fuente de la expresión
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. 5th ed. DVD-ROM Pearson Education Limited, 2009.
- Contexto
- It's just a white lie. No real harm done.
I told him his suit looked wonderful, which was a white lie.
I'm sorry I couldn't come. I had a really bad headache -she explained, resorting to a white lie. - Tipo de fuente
- dictionary
- Autor
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. 5th ed. DVD-ROM Pearson Education Limited, 2009.
- Título de la fuente
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. 5th ed. DVD-ROM Pearson Education Limited, 2009.
- Año
- 2009
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Estándar
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente