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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:
  • それはとんでもない嘘っぱちだ ⇨ That’s an outrageous lie
  • 相手の嘘を喝破した ⇨ He completely demolished the other person’s false claim
  • 平然と嘘をついた ⇨ He lied calmly, with no sign of guilt whatsoever
  • 彼女の嘘を見透かした ⇨ He saw through her lie
  • 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
  • は嘘がバレてた ⇨ He panicked when his lie was exposed
  • それは真っ赤な嘘だ ⇨ That’s a complete lie, total BS
  • 政治家の嘘をぶった切った ⇨ He chopped, exposed and severely criticized, the politician’s lies
  • あんな嘘をつくなんて人格疑ってしまう ⇨ He lies like that and makes me question his personality, integrity
  • さんに嘘がバレてしまった ⇨ Dad found out that I was 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
  • 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
  • 嘘つき! ⇨ You liar!
  • 言うは嘘だか本当だかからない ⇨ I’m not sure what he says is a lie or truth
  • 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