It was simple enough, in those old days, to define with approximate accuracy when a given statement ceased to be the truth and became a lie.

在过去，要近似准确地界定一个特定声明由真理变为谎言，是很简单的。

youdao

It ain't a lie, auntie; it's the truth.

那不是一个谎言，姨妈。这是事实。

youdao

It's a sad fact of life: lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.

生活中有一个可悲的事实：谎言是谎言，但有时真相也会撒谎。

youdao

The problem is that "lie" also means to not tell the truth, as in "I lied to my mother."

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If Wheeler seems comfortable in this Samuel Beckett world where the truth is a lie and only lies lead to the truth, perhaps it's because he's been living there a long time.

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The truth may lie between the two assertions.

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