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
Voirrey	-	Manx
Imrus	-	Hungarian
Stanimir	-	Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Medieval Slavic
Swanhild	-	German
Melanie	MEL-ə-nee (English), ME-lah-nee (German)	English, German, Dutch
Bieito	bee-AY-taw	Galician