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
Semyon	sye-MYON, see-MYON	Russian
Shaina	-	Yiddish
Ruth	[ru:θ]
Alycia	ə-LIS-yə, ə-LIS-ə, ə-LISH-ə	English
Betts	[bets]
Corina	-	English, German, Romanian