Usage examples of "pieux mensonge" in French with translation to English

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Elle peut dire le mensonge le plus éhonté sans ciller. She can tell the most outrageous lie without batting an eye.
C'est une sauvage au pieux. She's wild in bed.
Il y a des conditions sous lesquelles rompre une promesse ou dire un mensonge sont acceptables. There are conditions under which breaking a promise or telling a lie are acceptable.
M'est avis qu'il est pas bien pieux. Methinks he is not godly enough.
Ils l'accusèrent de dire un mensonge. They accused him of telling a lie.
C'est un sauvage au pieux. He's wild in bed.
Son rire était un mensonge qui dissimulait son chagrin. Her laugh was a lie that concealed her sorrow.
On appelle "pieux mensonge" un mensonge qui n'a pour but que d'éviter de heurter les sentiments ou les espoirs de quelqu'un. A lie said to avoid hurting someone's feelings and expectations is called a "white lie."
C'est mal de dire un mensonge. It is wrong to tell a lie.
Je ne dirai plus jamais de mensonge à partir de maintenant. I will never tell a lie from now on.
C'est un mensonge auquel nous ne croyons plus. It's a lie we don't believe any more.
Son histoire est trop grotesque pour être un mensonge. His story is too preposterous to be a lie.
Si vous racontez un mensonge suffisamment de fois, vous vous mettez à le croire. If you tell a lie enough times, you begin to believe it.
Juste parce que tu n'étais pas au courant ne signifie pas que c'est un mensonge. Just because you didn't know about it doesn't mean it is a lie.
Il a dit qu'il ne connaissait pas cet homme, ce qui était un mensonge. He said he did not know the man, which was a lie.
Il n'a pu dire un mensonge. He can't have told a lie.
Elle a dit qu'elle était malade, mais c'était un mensonge. She said that she was ill, which was a lie.
Elles l'accusèrent de dire un mensonge. They accused him of telling a lie.
Elles l'ont accusé de dire un mensonge. They accused him of telling a lie.
As-tu déjà entendu le dicton: "Le mensonge conduit au vol ?" Have you ever heard the saying: "Lying leads to thieving?"
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