الحبل على الكذب قصير

Meaning: Lies never last; they are soon exposed.

Language: Arabic

Literally: The rope of lies is short

Category: Daily Life

Origin: A liar's rope is too short to reach far, so falsehood quickly runs out and is discovered.

More idioms — Daily Life

• نوشدارو بعد از مرگ سهراب — A solution that arrives uselessly too late.
• קופצים על המציאה — To seize a great opportunity at once.
• תפסת מרובה לא תפסת — Overreach for too much and you end up with nothing.
• Розбити глек — To fall out and ruin a friendship.
• Ăn cơm nhà vác tù và hàng tổng — To do thankless public work at your own expense.
• N'hi ha per llogar-hi cadires — The drama is so good it's worth watching like a show.

More Arabic idioms

• يد واحدة لا تصفق — Nothing is achieved without cooperation.
• الجمل ما يشوف عوجة رقبته — People are blind to their own faults.
• تمخض الجبل فولد فأرا — A huge fuss producing a tiny result.
• يضرب في حديد بارد — To waste effort on a hopeless task.
• القرد بعين أمه غزال — Parents see their children as beautiful no matter what.
• اللي ما يعرف الصقر يشويه — Failing to recognize something valuable and destroying it.

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