Whether it's a small fib ("No honey, you don't look fat") or the type that will land you in prison, we all lie at some point.

不管是小谎，如“哦，亲爱的，你看起来好苗条啊”，还是那种能让你入狱的弥天大谎，我们都撒过谎。

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He'd been in prison for more than five years. that seemed a severe penalty for telling a lie.

他已经坐了五年多的监牢。这似乎是对于说谎者极严厉的惩罚。

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He spent time in prison in 2007 for trying to lie his way out of a speeding conviction.

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