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
Varuna	-	Hinduism
Simonu	-	Old Church Slavic
Akram	-	Arabic
ČRtomir	-	Slovene
Eos	e-aws (Ancient Greek), EE-aws (English)	Greek Mythology
Fabien	-	French