a pack of lies

Meaning: A story that is entirely untrue.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Example: “His account of the evening was a pack of lies.”

Category: Daily Life

Origin: A "pack" is a bundle, as a peddler carried; a pack of lies is a whole load of them. The phrase is recorded from the 18th century.

Equivalents in other languages

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right on cue — At exactly the right moment.
you snooze, you lose — If you are slow to act, someone else will take the chance.

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keep one's feet on the ground — To stay realistic and unaffected by success.
become second nature — To become so familiar that one does it without thinking.
smell a rat — To sense that something dishonest is going on.
a hard nut to crack — A difficult problem, or a person who is hard to deal with.
have a finger in every pie — To be involved in many different things at once.

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