fib
verb[I]
informaluk/fɪb/us/fɪb/-bb-totellasmallliethat does notcauseanyharm:
撒小谎,说瞎话I cantellhe's fibbing because he'ssmiling!我看得出他在说瞎话,因为他在笑呢!
to say something not true in order to deceive
- lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.
- tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree.
- lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it.
- fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful.
- misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married.
- deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion.
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsehood
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fiction
- flimflam
- lie
- myth
- mythologically
- mythologize
- perjure
- venality
- weasel words
- white lie
- whopper
fib
noun[C]
informaluk/fɪb/us/fɪb/asmallliethat does notcauseanyharm:
小谎Don'tbelievehim - he'stellingfibs again.别信他,他又在胡说了。
Synonyms
lie
story
tale
Compare
white lie
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsehood
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fiction
- flimflam
- lie
- myth
- mythologically
- mythologize
- perjure
- venality
- weasel words
- white lie
- whopper