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  [(1)うそ]    meaning:  lie  rank: 1
☆ まさか、嘘でしょ? ⇨ You must be lying, kidding, right?

  [(1)うそ]  [嘘を突く]  [coll]    meaning:  lie  rank: 1
☆ A: 嘘をつくな!B: 嘘なんかついてない! ⇨ A: Don’t lie! B: I’m not lying!
☆ 嘘つけ! ⇨ You’re lying! Bullshit!  (☛ 嘘つけ literally means “go ahead and lie” and it is a common phrase)

  [(1)うそ]  [真っ赤な嘘]    meaning:  lie  rank: 1
☆ それは真っ赤な嘘だ (まっかなうそ) ⇨ That’s a bright red, blatant, lie


More examples:
  • いた嘘をつくな ⇨ Don’t tell an obvious lie
  • 彼女の嘘を見破った ⇨ He saw through her lie
  • 相手の嘘を喝破した ⇨ He completely demolished the other person’s false claim
  • 嘘こいてんじゃねえ! ⇨ Stop lying! Bullshit!
  • 警察完全な嘘をさも事実のようにした ⇨ He told complete lies to the police as if they had been the truth
  • 嘘をつくほうもいが、それを簡単じるほうもい ⇨ The one who lies is wrong, but also the one who easily believes it is wrong too
  • それはとんでもない嘘っぱちだ ⇨ That’s an outrageous lie
  • 嘘か超能力持ち主ということだった ⇨ I don’t know if it is a lie or a truth, but he was reputed to possess supernatural power
  • 平然と嘘をついた ⇨ He lied calmly, with no sign of guilt whatsoever
  • は嘘はつかないと言うから嘘をついている ⇨ He starts lying as soon as he says he won’t lie
  • の嘘をげたらきりがない ⇨ There is no limit when you start counting his lies
  • 彼女の嘘を見透かした ⇨ He saw through her lie
  • これがが嘘をついているというよりの証拠だ ⇨ There is no better proof than this that he is lying
  • 彼女は嘘がバレたのにしゃあしゃあとしている ⇨ She doesn’t seem to care even though her lies were exposed
  • 約束なんて嘘にまってるじゃない ⇨ His promise is bound to be a lie