英语词汇“be economical with the truth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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单词	be economical with the truth
释义	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 See parent entry: economical
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