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
Adelardo	-	Spanish, Italian (Archaic)
Eyvindr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Dara (3)	-	Persian
Carlos	KAHR-los (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
Zinnia	ZIN-ee-ə	English (Rare)
Draper	['dreipə]