This is lesson 1 from Idiom Part 3. Each idiom is followed by its definition and examples. After you learn them, you can use them in your daily conversation.
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Idioms Related To Communicating
English Idiom Part 3- Lesson 8- Idioms about Dishonesty
1- Wouldn’t trust him an inch = To have absolutely no trust in someone.
After what he did last time, I wouldn’t trust him an inch.
2- Take advantage of = To exploit someone or something for one’s own benefit.
She always tries to take advantage of people’s kindness.
3- Leading you up the garden path = To deceive or mislead someone.
He was leading you up the garden path with all those fake promises.
4- Taken for a ride = To be deceived or tricked.
We were taken for a ride by the salesman who sold us the faulty car.
5- Snake in the grass = A deceitful or treacherous person.
I thought he was my friend, but he turned out to be a snake in the grass.
6- Pull the wool over my eyes = To deceive someone by hiding the truth.
Don’t try to pull the wool over my eyes, I know exactly what you did.
7- Stabbed in the back = To be betrayed by someone you trusted.
I felt completely stabbed in the back when she blamed me in front of the boss.
8- Under false pretences = By misleading or dishonest means.
He entered the house under false pretences, claiming to be a repairman.
9- Daylight robbery = Something outrageously expensive or unfair.
Charging $100 for a sandwich is daylight robbery!
10- Lying through his teeth = Telling blatant and deliberate lies.
He was lying through his teeth when he said he had no idea what happened.
11- As far as I could throw him = Not trusting someone at all.
I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him after all those lies.
12- Believe a word = To accept something as true.
I don’t believe a word he says anymore.
13- Two-faced person = Someone who acts friendly in front of you but speaks or acts differently behind your back; deceitful or hypocritical.
I thought she was my friend, but it turns out she’s a two-faced person who gossips about me to others.
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