mentir por la barba

Spanish

Verb

mentir por la barba (first-person singular present miento por la barba, first-person singular preterite mentí por la barba, past participle mentido por la barba)

1. (idiomatic) to lie through one's teeth

Further reading

• “mentir por la barba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10