"a lie has no legs" meaning in Englisch

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Phrase

Forms: lies have no legs [variant], lies have short legs [variant]
  1. Lügen lohnt sich nicht, weil die Wahrheit irgendwann doch herauskommt (wortwörtlich: „eine Lüge hat keine Beine“)
    Sense id: de-a_lie_has_no_legs-en-phrase-ONSrbwcO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Lügen lohnt sich nicht, weil die Wahrheit irgendwann doch herauskommt): Lügen haben kurze Beine (Deutsch)
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