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
Ivan	ee-VAHN (Russian, Ukrainian), IE-vən (English)	Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovene, En
Tewodros	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Helena	['helinə]
Skye	SKIE	English (Modern)
FranČIŠKa	-	Slovene
Raju	-	Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Nepali