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
Zephyrinus	-	Late Roman
BÜLent	-	Turkish
Lestari	les-TAH-ree	Indonesian
Emerens	-	Dutch
Yesenia	-	Spanish (Latin American)
Kalyna	kah-LI-nah	Ukrainian (Rare)