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porkies ⇨ pork pies; porkie pies; porkies noun the eyes. Rhyming slang UK, 1999
idiomporkiestell porkies BrEBrEspoken a humorous expression meaning to tell lies:I think Jason's been telling porkies again - he didn't resign, he was fired. —see feature box on page 40NoteThis idiom is from Cockney rhyming slang. 'Porkies' comes from 'pork pies', which sounds the same as 'lies'.
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tell porkiesTo tell a lie or say something that is not entirely true. Primarily heard in UK. The government's clearly been telling porkies about who these tax cuts are going to benefit! I admit I've told porkies on more than one job application. tell ˈporkies (British English, informal, humorous) (usually used in progressive tenses) say something that is not true: Can this be true, or is somebody telling porkies?In rhyming slang, porky-pies means ‘lies’.porky mod. fat; obese; pig-like. You are beginning to look a little porky. |