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
See also: feed, line

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
TiamatTEE-ə-maht (English), TYAH-maht (English)Near Eastern Mythology
Photios-Greek, Ancient Greek
Habibullah-Arabic
FernÃO-Portuguese
Yvon-French
Raven['rævən]