It was a lie, tout court.

那只不过是谎言。

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It was a patent lie.

那是赤裸裸的谎言。

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It was a blatant lie.

那是个赤裸裸的谎言。

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When I had waited a long time, without hearing him lie down, I decided to open a little -- a very,very little -- crack in the lantern.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

- Now that's a slight lie-- or actually in these days of political debates, a slight misspeaking, a wonderful word-- -- it is technically correct. It is enough to allow us to write any program, but it's not enough to allow us to easily write any program.

现在还有点说谎的感觉,或者在这些强调政治辩论的日子中，可以说成是有些词不达意-,这是一个绝妙的形容词,在语义上是完全正确的，用这种语言我们可以编写任何程序,但是不能轻松地编写程序。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The bits, the zeros and ones that compose the library are actually - in that file called cs50.c but those bits live or-- even that's a white lie.

这些构成该库的比特--0啊1啊,却是在cs50，c文件里,这些源代码-,可以说是根本不存在。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Hani's one requirement for cooperation with Ferris is that he never tell a lie -- which is a bit rich in the circumstances.

CNN: Review: 'Body of Lies' flat

In August 2009, shock-jock Kyle Sandilands was criticised by former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after a 14-year old girl revealed she had been raped during a lie-detector stunt.

BBC: Australian DJs face backlash over hoax death

But what about the teachers sacrificing a weekend away, a well-deserved Saturday lie-in or just a break from routine?

BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Hands up for Saturday school