Truth, lies & confusion
140 idioms live on this lane.
Idioms about truth, lies & confusion
- ace up one's sleeve
- addle pate
- addle plot
- adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
- all sixes and nines
- all sizzle and no steak
- at a loss
- at cross-purposes
- at sea
- at sixes and sevens
- beats me
- bend the truth
- blind with science
- blow smoke
- bum steer
- caviar to the general
- come again
- come the old soldier
- cover up
- deer in the headlights
- devil in disguise
- dog my cats
- dog that caught the car
- double-tongued
- economical with the truth
- fall into a trap
- flea in one's ear
- flutter in the dovecote
- fogged out
- fool's paradise
- for the love of me
- forked tongue
- from post to pillar
- fudge the issue
- full of it
- get one's wires crossed
- get stuck in
- give someone line
- give the lie
- gloss over
- go in the out door
- hand someone their cards
- have one's head read
- have one's mind about one
- head-scratching
- head-spinning
- hide in plain sight
- honey trap
- huckleberry above one's persimmon
- I tell a lie
- if I'm honest
- in a state
- in all honesty
- keep straight
- keep up appearances
- knight of the post
- know from a bar of soap
- know one's ass from a hole in the ground
- laugh up one's sleeve
- lead on
- lead someone up the garden path
- let the cat out of the bag
- lie through one's teeth
- lip service
- live a lie
- look off
- lose one's head
- lose the bell
- lose the number of one's mess
- lost errand
- mix up
- mixed message
- more than meets the eye
- mouthful of marbles
- much ado about nothing
- muddy the waters
- muddy up
- my skull's afly
- no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney
- not know which end is up
- nugget of truth
- of two minds
- off one's dot
- on the sly
- on the square
- one's jig is up
- opening of an envelope
- pack of lies
- palm off
- pig in a poke
- pill in the pocket
- play fast and loose
- Potemkin village
- primrose path
- pull a fast one
- pull the rug out from under
- pull the wool over someone's eyes
- put down for
- put one over
- put one past
- put-up job
- run past
- sail under false colors
- say again
- scratch one's head
- sell someone a bill of goods
- smear campaign
- sneeze on the truth
- snow job
- soup sandwich
- speak in circles
- speak with a forked tongue
- split on a rock
- square shooter
- straight goods
- stuck on
- stump it
- sweep something under the rug
- take the bait
- take the shadow for the substance
- talk in circles
- tell you the truth
- throw dust in someone's eyes
- throw off the trail
- throw one's cap over the windmill
- thumb on the scale
- to be honest
- to tell the truth
- trick up one's sleeve
- Trojan-horse
- trump up
- turn someone's head
- up one's sleeve
- weasel out
- what was someone thinking
- white lie
- wipe someone's eye
- wolf in sheep's clothing
- you what
- zig when one should zag