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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bald lie" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a lie that is obvious and blatant, without any attempt to disguise it.
Example: "His claim that he was never at the scene of the crime was a bald lie, easily disproven by the security footage."
Alternatives: "an outright lie" or "a blatant falsehood".
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That's a bald lie.
It was a bald lie, but you are supposed to say positive things at the hospital.
Yet the insistence is utterly wrong; politics masquerading as linguistics has given rise to a bald lie.
She told the officers that Michael couldn't take the children because the girls weren't his (a bald lie).
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Its name also recalls a bald official lie.
But that is a bald faced lie.
The words, of course, were a bald faced lie.
One retired figure, speaking anonymously to the National Post, called the claim a "bald faced lie".
In all teenage pomp and wisdom, I interrupted the man and suggested that his statement, "All men are equal," was obviously unmitigated rubbish -- a bald face lie!
Can the bald lie?
In Hairless, she asks the sensitive question: "Can the bald lie?
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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