/ · 1894 Brewer’s · L · Lie hath no Feet (A)
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Because it cannot stand alone. In fact, a lie wants twenty others to support it, and even then is in constant danger of tripping
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.