economical with the truth



economical with the truth

Euph. untruthful. The mayor was known to be economical with the truth. I discovered that my boss had been economical with the truth when she said that the company was making money.
See also: economical, truth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hippolyte (2)-French
Fricis-Latvian
KrystenKRIS-tinEnglish (Modern)
Gilmore['gilmɔ:']
Theodorathee-ə-DAWR-ə (English)English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Zdislava-Czech