I'm telling a lie

A form of I tell a lie — I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.

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  1. alternativeAlternative form of I tell a lie.

    "I seen one fellow in Jerusalem, wait, I'm telling a lie, it was in Alex, when I went there for a bit of leave, one fellow with a complete foxhunt on his back."

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 16
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APA

I'm telling a lie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'm%20telling%20a%20lie

MLA

“I'm telling a lie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'm%20telling%20a%20lie. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “I'm telling a lie,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'm%20telling%20a%20lie.

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