little white lie

English

little white lie (plural little white lies)

Alternative form of white lie
- 1876 June, Mark Twain, “The Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival Of Crime In Connecticut”, in The Atlantic‎:
  What did you do then? Why, you made me say to myself, 'Ah, it would have been so much kinder and more blameless to ease him off with a little white lie, and send him away feeling that if he could not have bread, the gentle treatment was at least something to be grateful for!'
- 2000, “Motion Picture Soundtrack”, in Kid A, performed by Radiohead:
  Stop sending letters / Letters always get burned / It's not like the movies / They fed us on little white lies

单词	little white lie
释义	little white lie English Noun little white lie (plural little white lies) Alternative form of white lie 1876 June, Mark Twain, “The Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival Of Crime In Connecticut”, in The Atlantic‎: What did you do then? Why, you made me say to myself, 'Ah, it would have been so much kinder and more blameless to ease him off with a little white lie, and send him away feeling that if he could not have bread, the gentle treatment was at least something to be grateful for!' 2000, “Motion Picture Soundtrack”, in Kid A, performed by Radiohead: Stop sending letters / Letters always get burned / It's not like the movies / They fed us on little white lies
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