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单词 be economical with the truth
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be economical with the truth

euphemistic Lie or deliberately withhold information: the government spokesman was often economical with the truth...
  • At best, voters think the government was economical with the truth, at worst they believe it deliberately lied.
  • There has never been, and there will never be, any attempt either to hide or to be economical with the truth.
  • However, after last Tuesday's reshuffle, we can only assume that the First Minister's pronouncements - to us, to others, on the record and on camera - were a case of his being economical with the truth.
Mid 19th century: popularized by a statement given in evidence by Sir Robert Armstrong, British cabinet secretary, in the ‘Spycatcher’ trial (1986), conducted to prevent publication of a book by a former MI5 employee
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