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
Cochran	['kɔkən]
Vincenc	-	Czech, Slovene
GrÁInne	GRAWN-ya	Irish, Irish Mythology
Ninos	-	Ancient Near Eastern (Hellenized)
Kerman	-	Basque
Bernardino	ber-nahr-DEE-no (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese