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14:24 Feb 28, 2011 |
Romanian to German translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Linguistics | |||||
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| Selected response from: Andreea Sepi, MCIL (X) Germany Local time: 14:05 | ||||
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5 +7 | lie through one's teeth |
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4 +5 | nach Strich und Faden lügen/lügen wie gedruckt/das Blaue vom Himmel lügen |
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5 +2 | (sie lügen, dass sich die Balken biegen |
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lie through one's teeth Explanation: lie though one's teeth = to lie boldly http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lie through teeth -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2011-02-28 14:36:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Luis (aged 15) was also in the Schlossgarten on September 30 and was a victim of the police use of pepper spray. “***The politicians lie through their teeth*** and twist events around”, he said. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/oct2010/stut-o14.shtml |
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