economical with the truth
adjEtymology
Believed to be from a quotation by the British-Irish statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke (1729–1797): “Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatever: But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an œconomy of truth. It is a sort of temperance, by which a man speaks truth with measure that he may speak it the longer.”
Definitions
Not telling the whole truth, especially in order to present a false image of a situation
Not telling the whole truth, especially in order to present a false image of a situation; untruthful; lying. Often used with sarcasm or satire.
- I would be acting economical with the truth if I were to tell you that I was enjoying myself.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for economical with the truth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA