English Dictionary

white lie

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A deliberate, untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result.

日本語の意味

好意的な結果を得るために意図的に述べる、悪意のない嘘、すなわち相手を傷つけないために用いられる小さな嘘

I told a small white lie about being busy so I wouldn't hurt her feelings.

彼女の気持ちを傷つけないように、忙しいと当たり障りのない嘘をついた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A deliberate, untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result.

The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie.

white lies （ plural ）