a pack of lies

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a pack of lies also a tissue of lies (formal)

a story that someone has invented in order to deceive people He dismissed recent rumours that he'd had affairs with a number of women as 'a pack of lies'. The entire account of where she'd been and who she'd been with that night was a tissue of lies.

See also: lie, pack

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It involved a thousand times as much explosive and loss of life as al Qaeda has ever managed: this was the Iraq War, initiated on the basis of little more than doctored intelligence reports and a pack of lies. Talk of extremists is drivel and hypocrisy; VOICE OF THE NORTH by The Journal (Newcastle, England) You were telling a pack of lies then and you are telling a pack of lies now. Villa death driver's tears in courtroom by Birmingham Mail (England) Justice Sentencing 49-year-old Janette Mercer, yesterday, judge Henry Globe told her: "Your son told a pack of lies. RHYS KILLER'S MUM JAILED FOR TELLING LIES TO POLICE by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			a new ballgame a new broom a new lease on life a New Man a nice little earner a night owl a nine-day wonder a nip and tuck a nip in the air a no-show a no-win situation A nod's as good as a wink a non sequitur a nose for a nosy parker a notch below a number cruncher a numbers game a one-hit wonder a one-horse race a one-horse town a one-man band a one-night stand a one-two punch a one-way ticket to a pack of lies a pack rat a pain in the ass a paper chase a paper tiger a paper trail a part to play a parting shot a party animal a party pooper a pat on the back a peace offering a pearl of wisdom a pecking order a peeping Tom a pen pusher a penchant for a penny for your thoughts A penny saved is a penny earned a pep talk a pick-me-up a piece of cake a piece of the action a piece of the pie a pied-à-terre a pig in a poke			a non sequitur A Normally Unmanned Land Sea or Air Vehicle a nose for a nosey parker a nosy parker a notch below a notch better than A note shaver A Nuestros Enfermos Servimos A Dios a number cruncher a numbers game A of F a one-day wonder a one-hit wonder a one-horse race a one-horse town a one-man band a one-night stand a one-two punch a one-way ticket to a or two a or two A P A P A P A P3P Preference Exchange Language A P3P Preference Exchange Language 1 a pack of lies a pack rat A Paean A Pæan a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a pain in the neck a pain in the rear a pair of bellows a pair of bellows a pair of bellows a pair of binoculars a pair of binoculars a pair of binoculars a pair of compasses a pair of compasses a pair of compasses a pair of forceps a pair of forceps a pair of forceps a pair of pincers a pair of pincers a pair of pliers a pair of pliers a pair of pliers A Pair of Scissors A Pair of Scissors A Pair of Scissors a pair of secateurs a pair of shears a pair of shears

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