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"forms": [
{
"form": "lies through one's teeth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "lying through one's teeth",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lied through one's teeth",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "lied through one's teeth",
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}
],
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},
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}
],
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"examples": [
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"text": "When a politician claims he can lower taxes without cutting spending, he's lying through his teeth.",
"type": "example"
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],
"glosses": [
"To tell an obvious untruth."
],
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"links": [
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"untruth",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To tell an obvious untruth."
],
"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "gözünün içinə kimi yalan danışmaq"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "lhát, jako když tiskne"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "liegen alsof het gedrukt staat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "valehdella päin naamaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "mentir comme un arracheur de dents"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "lügen wie gedruckt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "folyékonyan hazudik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "łgać jak pies"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "łgać w żywe oczy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "łgać jak najęty"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "łgać jak z nut"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "wciskać ciemnotę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opowiadać głodne kawałki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "wciskać kit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lie an not to blush",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vratʹ i ne krasnétʹ",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "врать и не красне́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lie like grey gelding",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vratʹ, kak sívyj mérin",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "врать, как си́вый ме́рин"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "[one] bullshits like [he] breaths; obscene",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pizdít, kak dýšit",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "пизди́т, как ды́шит"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lie into eyes",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vratʹ v glaza",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "врать в глаза"
}
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "lie through one's teeth"
}
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},
{
"form": "lying through one's teeth",
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "lied through one's teeth",
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},
{
"form": "lied through one's teeth",
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}
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],
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"text": "When a politician claims he can lower taxes without cutting spending, he's lying through his teeth.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To tell an obvious untruth."
],
"links": [
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],
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"(idiomatic) To tell an obvious untruth."
],
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}
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "gözünün içinə kimi yalan danışmaq"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "lhát, jako když tiskne"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "liegen alsof het gedrukt staat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "valehdella päin naamaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "mentir comme un arracheur de dents"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "lügen wie gedruckt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "folyékonyan hazudik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "łgać jak pies"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "łgać w żywe oczy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "łgać jak najęty"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "łgać jak z nut"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "wciskać ciemnotę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opowiadać głodne kawałki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "wciskać kit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lie an not to blush",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vratʹ i ne krasnétʹ",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "врать и не красне́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lie like grey gelding",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vratʹ, kak sívyj mérin",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "врать, как си́вый ме́рин"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "[one] bullshits like [he] breaths; obscene",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pizdít, kak dýšit",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "пизди́т, как ды́шит"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lie into eyes",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vratʹ v glaza",
"sense": "To tell a gross or egregious untruth",
"word": "врать в глаза"
}
],
"word": "lie through one's teeth"
}
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