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Meaning of lie in one's throat | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To lie (tell a falsehood) flatly or outright.

idiomatic, obsolete

Examples

“I know not where he lodges, and for mee to deuise a lodging, and say he lies heere, or he lies there, were to lye in mine owne throat.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

lie in repose lie in state lie in the bed one has made lie in the way lie in wait lie like a cheap rug