Translation of "give the lie to" to German

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Dictionary translations for "give the lie to"

give the lie to verb

Lügen strafen

widerlegen

Contexts with "give the lie to"

The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth. Die Lüge brachte ihm Ärger ein, als sein Chef die Wahrheit herausfand.

Sometimes we lie to keep from hurting someone else's feelings. Manchmal lügt man, um die Gefühle anderer nicht zu verletzen.

Give the book back to the owner. Gib das Buch seinem Eigentümer zurück.

To think what we do not feel is to lie to ourselves, in the same way that we lie to others when we say what we do not think. Etwas zu denken, was man nicht fühlt, ist sich selbst zu belügen, genauso wie es ist andere anzulügen, wenn wir ihnen etwas sagen, was wir nicht denken.

I've been asked to give the eulogy at my grandmother's funeral. Ich wurde gebeten, die Grabrede bei der Beerdigung meiner Großmutter zu halten.

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