Fib

(noun.) a trivial lie; 'he told a fib about eating his spinach'; 'how can I stop my child from telling stories?'.

(verb.) tell a relatively insignificant lie; 'Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying'.

编辑:厄休拉

• Her clumsy fib had let him see that she had something to conceal; and she was sure he had a score to settle with her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Fib number one. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• You would not have listened to me, she said to Mr. Osborne (though she knew she was telling a fib), had you heard Rebecca first. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• That's a fib! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She told that fib about her momma, as if she did know, and colored up when the flowers came quite prettily. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• You have learnt to talk nonsense seriously, and you have got into a way of telling fibs for the pleasure of telling them. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• No--I hadn't the chance after all, he said, fibbing hastily. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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