1.善意的谎言
1.a lie told to avoid making someone upset, not for your own advantage or in order to harm someone else
1.Think of all the times you might have been dishonest, even just a little, even just by telling a little white lie? What were you afraid of?
请想想你曾经说的每一次谎,哪怕只是小小的谎言,甚至只是点善意的谎言,那是因为你在害怕什么而说谎吗?
2.She asked me what I thought of her speech, and of course I told her a white lie.
她问我对她演说的看法,而我当然说了一个善意的谎言。
3.I told her a white lie when I said that I had to leave because I had a headache.
我说我头痛必须先走,那是对她撒了个无伤大雅的谎。
4.The doctor knew that James was very ill. However, to make him feel better, he told him a white lie that he would recover soon.
医生知道詹姆斯的病情很严重,但为了安慰他,他撒了个小谎,说他很快便会复原。
5.Even though he'd had a bad time on the date, John told a white lie and said he'd had fun.
即使那次约会并不愉快,约翰还是撒了善意的谎言说他玩得很开心。
6.While it might be hard to say what's true, would you want a white lie told to you?
当不好说真话的时候,你想听到一个善意的谎言吗?
7.Him a white lie, which made him white with fury, but when he realized his project is a white elephant, his face turned as white as a sheet.
我向他撒了一个善意的谎言,却引来他的勃然大怒。但当他发现自己的工程毫无价值。
8.e. g. When she asked me if I liked her dress I had to tell a white lie. I thought it looked awful, but I couldn't say no!
当她问我喜不喜欢她的新装时,我只能撒个小谎.其实我觉得那件衣服难看之极,却不好直说。
9.Even though Sarah's haircut was really ugly, James told her a white lie by saying it was a good change.
虽然萨拉的发型真的很难看,詹姆斯对她撒了善意的谎言,说这是个很好的改变。
10.It was just a little white lie. 4. That's a barefaced lie!
这只是无伤大雅的小谎而已.4.那是个无耻的谎言!