live a lie
idiom
: to live in a false or deceptive way : to live in a way that does not show who one truly is or what one's feelings truly are
Their friends thought that they had a happy marriage, but they were living a lie.
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Or, like, have to live a lie?
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2022
And then those that were also forced to live a lie as a sacrifice for their fame.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
And the reverse is true as well: No one wants knowingly to live a lie — to be devoted to an illusion, or to participate in cultivating self-deception, about the truth of things.
—Damon Linker, The Week, 8 Feb. 2022
Congratulations to all the servicemen and -women who no longer have to live a lie (at least not because of official government policy; informal discrimination is harder to eradicate).
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2010
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2022
And then those that were also forced to live a lie as a sacrifice for their fame.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
And the reverse is true as well: No one wants knowingly to live a lie — to be devoted to an illusion, or to participate in cultivating self-deception, about the truth of things.
—Damon Linker, The Week, 8 Feb. 2022
Congratulations to all the servicemen and -women who no longer have to live a lie (at least not because of official government policy; informal discrimination is harder to eradicate).
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2010
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“Live a lie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20a%20lie. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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