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发布者: 芥末膏 | 发布时间: 2006-7-14 11:39| 查看数: 13528| 评论数: 5|
How come "lie" could be added a color "white"?
Well, you can't imagine what it means. It means "善意的谎言”. Interesting? Sure it is.
Now, we know “说谎话” is "tell a lie", so we could say "tell a white lie to somebody".
Sample sentence:
A: What did you tell your wife about lending so much money to your classmate?
B. I told her a white lie. I said I've invested it in a big project.
Well, it reminds me a similar pharse white elephant