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Neil 究竟是拿了倫敦馬拉松賽第一名還是去看電影了？誰說的是真話？看來有人在給大家發送錯誤信息 – 有一個實用英語成語可以描述類似情況， 快來聽聽吧。

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Helen
大家好，歡迎收聽 BBC 英語教學的 《地道英語》節目，我是 Helen，和我在一起的還有我的同事 Rob.

Rob
Hello. Hey Helen, have you heard NeiI's good news?

Helen
No, what's that?

Rob
He ran in the London Marathon and he came first!

Helen
Neil 參加倫敦馬拉松賽，還拿了第一名？這怎么可能呢？That's impossible.

Rob
Well I know it's hard to believe but he has been training very hard and he is quite a fast runner.

Helen
Sorry Rob – he's lying through his teeth – he went to the cinema on Sunday!

Rob
Oh did he really? Well, you've just used a perfect phrase – 'to lie through your teeth' – it means to tell someone something that's completely untrue.

Helen
That's why I said it! 成語 to lie through your teeth, 字面的意思是“從牙縫里說謊言”，也就是我們中文里常說的“睜眼說瞎話”。Neil 可不是忽悠你嘛，so he's giving you false information.

Rob
Yes, I'm going to have words with him – but before I do, let's hear some more examples of this phrase…

Examples
When she said she was nearly 30 years old, I knew she was lying through her teeth!

They promised we'd get free drinks every day at our hotel but they were lying through their teeth.

He lied through his teeth when he said he bought her an expensive engagement ring – it was just a cheap one from the catalogue.

Helen
Neil 就是瞎掰，他壓根沒去跑馬拉松，星期天他去看電影了。Neil was telling an outrageous lie, I can't believe you fell for it.

Rob
Well actually, it was me who was lying through my teeth. Neil didn't tell me he'd won the marathon – it was a trick to find out where Neil really was on Sunday – and now you've told me – he was alone at the cinema! Thanks very much.

Helen
Well, to be honest, he wasn't alone at the cinema – he went with me but we forgot to invite you. 不好意思，其實我也去了。本來我們也想約你一起去的，不小心給忘了。I'm sorry!

Rob
You liar!

Helen
It was just a little white lie - 真的，我說的是“善意的謊言”。

Rob
A what?

Helen
A little white lie – a lie that's told just to avoid upsetting someone.

Rob
Well it hasn't worked. I'm off. Good bye!

Helen
Oh dear, Rob.