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Deception (2)
keep something under your hat
If you keep something under your hat, you do not tell anyone else about it. [INFORMAL]
Note: This was a slogan used to promote security in Britain during the Second World War.
Very few people know, so keep it under your hat.
lead someone up the garden path
If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you by making you believe something which is not true.
He led me up the garden path. He said their relationship was over but now I know that it wasn't.
lie through your teeth
If someone lies through their teeth, they tell obvious lies and do not seem to be embarrassed about this.
We ought to be angry that public officials lie through their teeth.
on the fiddle
If someone is on the fiddle, they are getting money dishonestly, for example by cheating with the accounts at work. [BRITISH]
A postman earning only £136 a week drove around in a Porsche for six months before his bosses realized he was on the fiddle.
pull someone's leg
If you pull someone's leg, you tease them about something, for example by telling them something which is not true.
Note: There are two possible explanations for this expression, although there is no proof for either. One suggestion is that in the past, when someone was being hanged, their friends or family sometimes pulled their legs hard so that they died more quickly and suffered less. Alternatively, the expression may refer to thieves tripping people up before they robbed them.
Tracey hasn't really got a new job in New York. She was just pulling your leg.
sweep something under the carpet
If you sweep a problem under the carpet, you try to hide it and forget about it. [BRITISH]
People often hope that if they sweep something under the carpet the problem will go away, but that is not the case.
Note: You can also use verbs such as brush and push instead of sweep.
The problem has been brushed under the carpet for decades.
a white lie
If you tell a white lie, you say something which is untrue, often in order to protect someone or to avoid upsetting someone.
I said she looked nice, thinking it kinder to tell a white lie.
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