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I tell a lie
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English
Phrase
phr
en chiefly British idiomatic I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.
en I visited Canada in 1996—no, I tell a lie, in 1997.
Synonyms
that's not right
that's not so
Translations
I am mistaken
Czech: cs kecám, cs zpět
Estonian: et ma valetan
Japanese: ja もとい motoi
Polish: pl pomyliłem się
Portuguese: pt minto
Russian: ru врать вру
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: sh lažem
Spanish: es miento
See also
en I stand corrected
en sentences