| 单词 | be economical with the truth |
| 释义 | be economical with the truthto deceive people by deliberately not telling them the whole truth about something. People use this expression when they want to suggest that someone is being dishonest, but do not actually want to accuse them of lying. She asked repeated questions but only received answers which were at best economicalwith the truth, at worst deliberately designed to deceive. |
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