"a lie has no legs" meaning in English

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        "One cannot get away with a lie; the truth will always come out."
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        [
          "get away with",
          "get away with"
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          "lie",
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          "truth",
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          "come out",
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          "word": "have legs"
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        {
          "word": "long ways, long lies"
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          "word": "old sins have long shadows"
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "gënjeshtra i ka këmbët të shkurtra"
        },
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥablu l-kaḏibi qaṣīrun",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "حَبْلُ ٱلْكَذِبِ قَصِيرٌ"
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          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ik-kidb malúš riglén",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
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          "word": "الكدب مالوش رجلين"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "gezurrak hanka motz"
        },
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "gezurrak buztana labur"
        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhēnxiàng zǒng huì shuǐluòshíchū",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "lež má krátké nohy"
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          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "al is de leugen nog zo snel, de waarheid achterhaalt haar wel"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "valel on lühikesed jalad"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "valheella on lyhyet jäljet"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "la vérité finit toujours par triompher"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭq̇uils moḳle pexebi akvs",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "ტყუილს მოკლე ფეხები აქვს"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "Lügen haben kurze Beine"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "l'shéker eyn ragláyim",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "לְשֶׁקֶר אֵין רַגְלַיִם"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "könnyebb utolérni a hazugot, mint a sánta kutyát"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "le bugie hanno le gambe corte"
        },
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "melo kojos trumpos"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "na lagata ì se kratki nozete",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "на лагата ѝ се кратки нозете"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "na lagata kusi ì se nozete",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "на лагата куси ѝ се нозете"
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        {
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "usiku wa mwamɓa-ndraɓo kohomo husha"
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          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "kłamstwo ma krótkie nogi"
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          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "mentira tem perna curta"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "minciuna are picioare scurte"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "na lží dalekó ne ujédešʹ",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "на лжи́ далеко́ не уе́дешь"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "u lží korótkije nógi",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "у лжи́ коро́ткие но́ги"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
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          "word": "у лажи су кратке ноге"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
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          "word": "u laži su kratke noge"
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          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "laž ima kratke noge"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
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            "Argentina"
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          "word": "la mentira tiene patas cortas"
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          "code": "srn",
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "yu kan kibri yu granmama, ma yu no kan kibri en kosokoso"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
          "word": "yalancının mumu yatsıya kadar yanar"
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  "word": "a lie has no legs"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "gënjeshtra i ka këmbët të shkurtra"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥablu l-kaḏibi qaṣīrun",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "حَبْلُ ٱلْكَذِبِ قَصِيرٌ"
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      "roman": "ik-kidb malúš riglén",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
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      "word": "الكدب مالوش رجلين"
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      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "gezurrak hanka motz"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "gezurrak buztana labur"
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      "roman": "zhēnxiàng zǒng huì shuǐluòshíchū",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "真相總會水落石出 /真相总会水落石出"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "lež má krátké nohy"
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      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "al is de leugen nog zo snel, de waarheid achterhaalt haar wel"
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "valel on lühikesed jalad"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "valheella on lyhyet jäljet"
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      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "la vérité finit toujours par triompher"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭq̇uils moḳle pexebi akvs",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "ტყუილს მოკლე ფეხები აქვს"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "Lügen haben kurze Beine"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "l'shéker eyn ragláyim",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "לְשֶׁקֶר אֵין רַגְלַיִם"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "könnyebb utolérni a hazugot, mint a sánta kutyát"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "le bugie hanno le gambe corte"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "melo kojos trumpos"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "na lagata ì se kratki nozete",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "на лагата ѝ се кратки нозете"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "na lagata kusi ì se nozete",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "на лагата куси ѝ се нозете"
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      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "usiku wa mwamɓa-ndraɓo kohomo husha"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "kłamstwo ma krótkie nogi"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "mentira tem perna curta"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "minciuna are picioare scurte"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na lží dalekó ne ujédešʹ",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "на лжи́ далеко́ не уе́дешь"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "u lží korótkije nógi",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "у лжи́ коро́ткие но́ги"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "у лажи су кратке ноге"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
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      "word": "u laži su kratke noge"
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "laž ima kratke noge"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo"
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      "word": "la mentira tiene patas cortas"
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      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "yu kan kibri yu granmama, ma yu no kan kibri en kosokoso"
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      "sense": "you can't get away with a lie",
      "word": "yalancının mumu yatsıya kadar yanar"
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  "word": "a lie has no legs"
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