big lie

短语

弥天大谎

词形变化

big lies 复数 big lies

别名

Big Lie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The policy or practice of insistently making a false claim which is so emphatic and grandiose that listeners and readers will reckon that the claim must be true because no one would dare to fabricate something so forceful and extravagant; a false claim produced by the application of this policy or practice.

词源

Reportedly from a remark by Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf, that a big lie is more likely to be believed than a small lie.

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