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the devil is a liar en · X
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(idiomatic) A general expression of distrust, particularly implying that another person is attempting to deceive the speaker, or that a situation is not, or can not be, as it appears.
“It must be this place planting seeds of doubt, like a virus in my mind. The devil is a liar,” She said.
2010, Tre, Draco's Awakening - Part Two, page 256:“Lazarus? Our Lazarus? This can't be!” Legion huffed angrily and shouted, “The devil is a liar!”
2016, Daniel Black, Listen to the Lambs: A Novel, page 40:“The devil is a liar! It ain't that damn bad! Don't even go there Jay”, says Teresa closing the bathroom door.
2007, Tamika Davis, Life...And the Drama It Brings, page 175:Girl the devil is a liar I wanted to say mother flower you can place your hands all over my body and do whatever it is you want damn!
2012, Stacy May, On My Way, page 54:I reached into my hand bag for the court papers and held them towards him, he took them from my hand and looked at them with contempt and handed back to me and said, The devil is a liar, this divorce proceeding shall not stand neither shall it come to pass.
2011, Matthew I. Edison, The Height of a Woman: Finishing Strong, page 102: