white lie
ложь во спасенье, безобидная ложь
Пример использования идиомы white lie:
I didn't want to go out with Arthur, so I told him a white lie about being very busy.
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Другие идиомы:
- as white as the driven snow
- as white as a sheet
- put (something) down in black and white
- black and white
- white sale
- as white as a ghost
- carte blanche
- chase rainbows
- dyed-in-the-wool
- lend color to (something)
- local color
- look at/see the world through rose-colored glasses
- off-color
- sail under false colors
- see the color of (someone's) money