40. Honesty

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very frightened
- scared to death
- scare sb to death
- the life/the living daylights out of sb
be careful not to do or say anything that my upset sb

spare sb's feelings
avoid telling sb sg

keep sg from sb
talk about sg that is intended to be secret

let on (to sb/about sg)
be regarded by others as stupid or wrong as a result of sg you have said or done

lose face
you avoid being regarded as stupid or wrong

save face
accept and deal with sg that is difficult or unpleasant

face up to sg
become known to people

come to light
have red cheeks because you are embarrassed

go (as) red as a beetroot
reveal sg that is intended to be a secret (often by accident)

give the game away
these phrasal verbs refer to action taken to hide the truth about sg bad, illegal, embarrassing etc.
- cover up
- cover-up
- hush-it-up
feel guilty because of sg you did or didn't do

have sg on your conscience
accept sg unpleasant that you cannot change

live with sg
on the subject of sg

when it comes to (doing) sg
ignore sg or avoid saying sg, or treat it as unimportant

gloss over sg
a story that is completely untrue

a pack of lies
trick sb by giving them the wrong information

pull the wool over sb's eyes
realize that sb is not telling the truth, or that sg is not true; understand the truth about a situation

see through sb/sg
I'm not stupid enough to believe what you say
- I wasn't born yesterday
- pull the other one