But I have enough honour not to tell that lie.

但是我还有足够的自尊，不撒那个谎。

What's driving you to tell this lie, Mr. Gibbins?

你为什么要说谎呢，吉宾斯先生？

Oh yes, to fib is to tell a small lie, nothing too serious.

是的，" to fib" 就是撒了个小谎，无伤大雅。

'I have tried again and again to teach you not to tell lies.

我一次次地教育你不要撒谎，但你显然把它当作了耳旁风。

And some children begin to tell lies as young as two years of age.

很多孩子在2岁的时候就已经学会了撒谎。

" To stretch the truth" means to exaggerate, to tell a small lie.

“To stretch the truth” 的意思是夸大， 说小谎。

And when I arrived there, I started to tell lies about my upbringing.

当我到达那里时，我开始撒谎关于我的成长经历。

Nobody has ever known him to tell a lie or do an unjust thing.

没有人知道他会撒谎或做不公正的事。

Mary is always honest and it went against the grain to tell lies.

【grain】玛丽一向诚实，说谎不符合她的性格。

Well, Dad said it was okay to tell a lie if it was for good.

老爸说如果是为了好事撒谎也没关系的。

" It appears, " he reflected, " that every one has to tell lies to our porter" .

“看来，”他想了想，“每个人都必须对我们的搬运工说谎。

Let's say you're prone to telling white lies when it comes to talking with your family about your career.

假设当你与家人谈论你的职业生涯时，你很容易撒些善意的谎言。

Or if she had to tell one, she'd be really, really careful to tell lies that wouldn't

或者，如果她必须说谎，她会非常非常小心地撒谎，因为这样的谎言不会发生。

Takeaway two - the quality and nature of the relationship matter a lot when it comes to telling harmless-seeming lies.

要点二——在讲看似无害的谎言时，关系的质量和性质非常重要。

To tell the truth, I went on, as if someone had urged me to tell lies about it, I am not a detective at all.

“说实话，”我继续讲，好像有人逼着我说假话似的，“我根本就不是一个侦探，我来是要开个账户。

'She is totally pure! 'he replied, and felt that he had to tell that lie, even if he went to hell there and then for it.

“她是完全纯洁的！”他回答道，他觉得自己一定要撒那个谎，哪怕他要为此在此时此地下地狱。

And the Professor, who was a very remarkable man, didn't tell them not to be silly or not to tell lies, but believed the whole story.

而教授呢，他是一个非常了不起的人，他并没教训他们别瞎说，或者别说谎，而是相信了整个故事。

I may tell a white lie here and there, but I would never try to tell you a bald-faced lie like this.

我可能会在这里和那里撒一个善意的谎言，但我绝不会试图告诉你这样一个赤裸裸的谎言。

So it's kind of like, well, what are the cues for you that let you know you're about to tell a lie?

所以这有点像，嗯，有什么线索让你知道你要说谎了？

In several laboratory studies, the scientists found that the higher a person's class, the more likely they were to tell lies in negotiations and cheat for money.

在一些实验室研究中，科学家们发现一个人的社会阶层越高，他越容易在谈判中撒谎，从而骗取钱财。