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41Lie of the Land — Infobox Album | Name = Lie of the Land Type = Album Artist = Show of Hands Released = 1995 Recorded = July 1995 at Free For Good studios, Bradon, Gloucestershire Genre = Folk Length = 47:40 Label = Isis CD IS09 Hands On Music HMCD02 Producer =… …
42About a Boy (film) — Infobox Film | name= About a Boy caption = About a Boy movie poster director = Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz writer = Nick Hornby (novel), Peter Hedges (screenplay) starring = Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Sharon Small… …
43About a Dog — Infobox Radio Show show name = About a Dog imagesize = caption = other names = format = Comedy runtime = 30 min country = United Kingdom language = English language home station = BBC Radio 4 syndicates = television = starring = Alan Davies… …
44lie in — verb a) To be brought to bed in childbirth. he had been driven to it by the distress he mentioned, the greatest indeed imaginable, that of five hungry children, and a wife lying in of the sixth, in the utmost want and misery. b) To stay in bed… …
45lie in ruins — be/lie in ruins ► a place, building, etc. that is in ruins has been extremely badly damaged: »The showroom was in ruins after the flood. ► to have failed or got into an extremely bad state: »The economy was in ruins after the war. »He lied about… …
46lie low — Meaning Keep out of sight. Origin From Shakespeare s Much Ado About Nothing. ANTONIO: If he could right himself with quarreling, Some of us would lie low …
47white lie — lie about a trivial matter that is not intended to harm …
48ˌlie ˈdown — phrasal verb 1) to put yourself in a position in which your body is flat on a surface, especially in order to rest or to sleep I m going to go and lie down for a while.[/ex] 2) not take sth lying down to not accept unfair treatment, by… …
49white lie — noun an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite) • Hypernyms: ↑lie, ↑prevarication * * * a minor, polite, or harmless lie; fib. * * * white lie A minor falsehood, esp one uttered for reasons of tact, etc • • • Main Entry:… …
50big lie, the — {n.}, {informal} A major, deliberate misrepresentation of some important issue made on the assumption that a bold, gross lie is psychologically more believable than a timid, minor one. * /We all heard the big lie during the Watergate months./ *… …
