"white lie" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \waɪt laɪ\ Audio: En-au-white lie.ogg Forms: white lies [plural]
  1. Mensonge blanc, mensonge officieux, pieux mensonge. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: fr-white_lie-en-noun-Hkk~20Cq Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: white, lie

Inflected forms

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