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What does the idiom 'white lie' mean?



 
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What does the idiom 'white lie' mean? #1 (permalink) Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:14 am   What does the idiom 'white lie' mean?		  
Test No. incompl/inter-14 "Popular Idioms (1)", question 5

It's all right to tell a ......... lie.

(a) red
(b) white
(c) blue
(d) black

Test No. incompl/inter-14 "Popular Idioms (1)", answer 5

It's all right to tell a white lie.

Correct answer: (b) white

Your answer was: correct
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What's the meaning of white lie?
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White lie again #2 (permalink) Thu Oct 14, 2004 18:23 pm   White lie again		  
Hi,

Please take a look at this post:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic762.html
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