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
Gerry	['geri]
Imogen	IM-ə-jən	English (British)
Canute	kə-NOOT (English), kə-NYOOT (English)	History
Daud	-	Indonesian, Arabic
Jovka	-	Macedonian
Sandra	SAHN-drah (Italian, Dutch, Finnish), SAN-drə (English), ZAHN-drah (German)	Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic,