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But then, if the idea of unemployment is really that scary, it's likely that you were fibbing a bit on that self assessment above.

He went about it in a Christian way, neither advertising on Sundays nor fibbing (thus minting the concept of "truth in advertising" ).

I told him that I ate the whole pie, but I was only fibbing .

"No--I hadn't the chance after all, " he said, fibbing hastily.

Falling Down A man is fibbing away about how great things are in his country.

If reassured that banks have enough capital and are not fibbing , the logic goes, investors will start lending freely to them again .

She merely thinks to herself: I've been paid $20 to lie, that's a small fortune for a student like me, and more than justifies my fibbing.

But with his big, fat, fibbing budget, Obama is making that mess his very own.

Second, there is deliberate fibbing about qualifications.

Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying.

And contrary to gender myth, men have a lower standard of veracity, fibbing an average five times compared to women's three.

Surprisingly , children's aptitude for fibbing was not influenced by strict parenting or a religious upbringing, the study showed .

By fibbing , she avoided drawing attention to her fears about ageing.

Mary was caught fibbing. She sure spread it on thick.

But I'd be fibbing. The truth is, my memory isn't what it used to be.

But be careful not to discipline your children for fibbing when you have a lying habit yourself.

Henry, is that really your money? Have you been fibbing to me?