Dictionary

I tell a lie en · X

Meanings

1. (UK, idiomatic) I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.
   • I visited Canada in 1996—no, I tell a lie, in 1997.

Relateds

I stand corrected

Synonyms

that's not so · that's not right

Translations (9)

pt minto (I am mistaken) · sh lažem (I am mistaken) · cs zpět (I am mistaken) · ru вру (I am mistaken) · es miento (I am mistaken) · pl pomyliłem się (I am mistaken) · cs kecám (I am mistaken) · et ma valetan (I am mistaken) · ja もとい (I am mistaken)