white lie
ложь во спасенье, безобидная ложь
I didn't want to go out with Arthur, so I told him a white lie about being very busy.
Другие идиомы:
- as white as the driven snow
- black and white
- as white as a sheet
- white sale
- put (something) down in black and white
- as white as a ghost
- carte blanche
- chase rainbows
- dyed-in-the-wool
- lend color to (something)
- local color
- look at/see the world through rose-colored glasses
- off-color
- sail under false colors
- see the color of (someone's) money