barefaced lie

短语

词形变化

barefaced lies 复数 barefaced lies

别名

baldfaced lie boldfaced lie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A falsehood told with utter confidence and without trying to conceal the fact that it is false, especially a planned or deliberate falsehood.

    I understand that salespeople try to explain things in a positive way, but that was a barefaced lie.

词源

barefaced ('unconcealed, audacious, shameless') + lie.

来源：wiktionary