little white lie
Example Sentences
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He's previously claimed the track was inspired by a sunset in Malibu, but it turns out that that's a little white lie.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
Just a bit, like a little white lie to oneself.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2021
Children are taught that planets revolve around the sun, but that’s a little white lie.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2019
Tailleur pour dames A doctor’s little white lie has unintended consequences in Feydeau’s classic farce; in French without subtitles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2019
She told me a little white lie will come back to haunt me.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
