Usage examples of "white lie" in English with translation to German

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What she told me yesterday is a white lie. Was sie mir gestern erzählte, war eine Notlüge.
She told a white lie out of necessity. Sie hat aus der Not heraus eine lässliche Lüge erzählt.
As a boy I used to lie on my back on the grass and look at the white clouds. Als ich ein Junge war, lag ich oft auf dem Rücken im Gras und schaute mir die weißen Wolken an.
It became clear that she had told a lie. Es stellte sich heraus, dass sie gelogen hatte.
He keeps two cats: one is black, and the other white. Er hat zwei Katzen: Die eine ist schwarz und die andere weiß.
How foolish I was not to discover that simple lie! Wie dumm ich war, diese einfache Lüge nicht zu entdecken!
Do you like white chocolate? Magst du weiße Schokolade?
Sometimes we lie to keep from hurting someone else's feelings. Manchmal lügt man, um die Gefühle anderer nicht zu verletzen.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America. Es ist die Antwort gesprochen von Jung und Alt, von Arm und Reich, Demokraten und Republikanern, schwarz, weiß, Hispanos, Asiaten, Amerikanische Ureinwohner, homo, hetero, versehrt und unversehrt. Amerikaner die eine Nachricht an die Welt schickten, das wir niemals nur eine Ansammlung von Individuen oder von blauen und roten Staaten waren. Wir sind und werden immer die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika sein.
The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth. Die Lüge brachte ihm Ärger ein, als sein Chef die Wahrheit herausfand.
Some of the roses in my garden are white, and others are red. Einige Rosen in meinem Garten sind weiß, andere sind rot.
She cannot have told a lie. Sie kann nicht gelogen haben.
Some photos were printed in black and white. Einige Fotos wurden in Schwarz-Weiß gedruckt.
She said that she was ill, which was a lie. Sie sagte, sie sei krank, was gelogen war.
Mr White punished the boy for cheating on the examination. Herr White bestrafte den Jungen wegen Spickens während der Prüfung.
It's so obvious that it's a lie! Es ist so offensichtlich, dass es sich um eine Lüge handelt.
Whether it's white or black, a cat that chases mice is a good cat. Ob weiß oder schwarz, eine Katze, die Mäuse jagt, ist eine gute Katze.
Don't lie, Honey. Lüg nicht, Liebling.
The sand on the beach was white. Der Sand am Strand war weiß.
Not every untrue statement is a lie. Nicht jede unwahre Aussage ist eine Lüge.
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