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