baldfaced lie

== English == === Alternative forms === baldfaced lie boldfaced lie === Etymology === barefaced ('unconcealed, audacious, shameless') + lie. === Noun === barefaced lie (plural barefaced lies) A falsehood told with utter confidence and without trying to conceal the fact that it is false, especially a planned or deliberate falsehood. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== poker face === References === Michael Quinion (2004), “Barefaced lie”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.