feed a line

feed somebody a line

(informal)

to tell someone something which may not be completely true, often as an excuse She fed me a line about not having budgeted for pay increases this year.

See feed to the lions

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hallie	HAL-ee	English
Anatoly	ah-nah-TO-leey	Russian
Alma	['ælmə]
Jerrie	JER-ee	English
DraŽEn	-	Croatian, Serbian
Yiorgos	-	Greek