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economical with the truth
Language:
Meanings:
1.
British English
UK origin
Global English
formal
euphemistic
idiomatic
Being sparing or frugal in the disclosure of facts; deliberately withholding information.
2.
UK
Global English
formal
euphemistic
idiomatic
pejorative
To mislead by telling partial truths or omitting material facts; to lie or deceive by omission.
Examples:
EN:
He's economical with the truth. Everyone is.
ES:
El adapta su verdad, como todo el mundo.
EN:
I had the distinct impression every one of them was being economical with the truth.
ES:
Tengo una clara impresión de que eran muy ahorrativos con la verdad.
EN:
Let's just be economical with the truth.
ES:
Mejor no decir toda la verdad.
EN:
Been a little economical with the truth with one of our fine Australian policemen, Chief Inspector.
ES:
Fue escueto con la verdad con uno de los mejores policías australianos, Inspector jefe.
EN:
I'll be economical with the truth until I get out.
ES:
Seré reservada con la verdad hasta que salga.
EN:
- India. - The economical with the truth.
ES:
- ¿La cumbre económica?
EN:
I may have been a little economical with the truth as regards this, but... Stop her, Veil!
ES:
Ya sé que la verdad te ha hecho mucho daño, pero detenla Veil.
EN:
Glazebrook's a dipsomaniac and Merrill may have been economical with the truth?
ES:
Glazebrook es dipsómano Y Merrill debe haber sido avaro con la verdad.
EN:
He's paying us to be economical with the truth.
ES:
Nos pagan por adornar la verdad.
EN:
I was merely being economical with the truth, and that's altogether different.
ES:
Solo estaba ocultando una verdad. Y eso es totalmente diferente.
EN:
OK, I was economical with the truth.
ES:
Está bien, fui económico con la verdad.
EN:
I might have been a tad economical with the truth, but he has been under the weather recently.
ES:
No quería decirle la verdad pero me preguntó recientemente.
EN:
So don't think of it as lying. Think of it as being economical with the truth.
ES:
No lo consideres mentir, sino ser económico con la verdad.
EN:
I admit I've been economical with the truth.
ES:
Admito que estuve ahorrativo con la verdad.
EN:
I mean, consecutive governments have been economical with the truth about immigration, we know that.
ES:
Quiero decir, los gobiernos consecutivos han sido económicos con la verdad sobre la inmigración, lo sabemos.
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