うそ【×嘘】
- 1〔真実でないこと〕a lie, an untruth；〔軽いうそ〕a fib
うその false; untrue
- 見え透いた［もっともらしい］うそ
- a transparent [plausible] lie
- 子供っぽいうそにそうむきになるな
- Don't take a childish fib so seriously.
- うそをつく
- tell a lie／lie／〔軽いうそを〕fib
- 母は私にうそをついた
- My mother lied to me.
- あなたはうそをついている
- You are not telling the truth.（▼lieは強い表現なので直接に言わないことが多い）
- 彼はぺらぺらうそを言うから困る
- The trouble with him is that he lies so easily [glibly/smoothly].
- 平気でうそを並べたてる
- She 「thinks nothing of [has no qualms about] telling all sorts of lies.
- うそでしょう
- You must be kidding [joking].
- 私の言うことに絶対うそはありません
- I'm telling (you) the absolute truth.
- 罪のないうそでもうそはうそだ
- A white lie is still a lie.
- それは真っ赤なうそだ
- It's 「an outright [an out-and-out/a downright] lie.／That's a pure fabrication.
- 彼の言うことはまんざらうそでもないらしい
- There seems to be something [some truth] in what he says.
- うそのような話だ
- It's an incredible story.
- うその報告書を提出した
- He presented a false report.
- 2〔誤り〕a mistake; an error
- うそ字を使う
- use the wrong (Chinese) character
- 彼は時間割についてうそを教えたのですか
- Did he give you incorrect information about our schedule?
- 3〔不適当，不得策〕
- こんな時に家を建てるのはうそだ
- 「You shouldn't [《口》 It's crazy to] have a house built at a time like this.
- ここであきらめるのはうそだ
- We just can't give up now.／It's stupid to give up now.
- この車を買わないなんてうそだ
- You can't mean you're not going to buy this car!
- うそから出たまことということもある
- An incorrect statement may turn out to be correct in the end.
- 彼は証言をうそで固めた
- His testimony was a complete fabrication.／He fabricated a whole set of lies to support his testimony.
- うそも方便だ
- It is sometimes necessary to lie [stretch the truth].
