Don't tell porkies!

Don't tell porky pies and always be honest!!

 What does this expression mean? Do you know any synonym expressions? (See below for the solutions). Anyway, you should always avoid telling porkies as they don't take you anywhere.

 

The English We Speak: Telling porkies       (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Explaining the idiom: "Tell porkies"  

 

 

Actually, few people can avoid telling porky pies, but why?

 

 

Why do we tell porkies to our GP? The Guardian

 

What does GP stand for? It stands for General Practitioner, that is to say, a doctor based in the community who treats patients with minor or chronic illnesses and refers those with serious conditions to a hospital. 

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Here's my musical hint for today:   One Deep River by Mark Knopfler, who never sings porky pies, but delightful songs!! Check the lyrics here!

 

 

 

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Solution to the questions above: 'telling porkies' is 'not to tell the truth, tell lies' and these are some synonym expressions: 'Don't talk nonsense', 'Don't try to deceive me'

 

Can we live without lies?

We live in a world full of lies and liars and we know little how to find out what it is a lie or a real fact. Actually, we live among lies and liars. We are liars ourselves and we can't stop telling lies.

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Some articles for you to read and a listening exercise about the issue:

• Horizon: A Week Without Lying – The Honesty Experiment review – a social experiment that was bound to fail (The Guardian)

• The race to create a perfect lie detector...  (The Guardian)

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Walking among dishonest people

We are surrounded by thousands of dishonest people in this world: politicians, false friends, fake news... and when it comes to children, parents lie to their children in order to protect them, to manipulate them, to keep them in a coccoon... 

 

I prefer to be honest with my students and tell them things straightaway so that they can face problems better and even avoid dramatic situations.

Here are some related articles you can read about the topic:

• You can't protect children by lying to them – the truth will hurt less (The Guardian)

• Truth or lie - trust your instinct, says research (BBC News)

• Through fantasy, children face their fears and become braver (The Guardian)

• Is dishonesty hereditary? (CNN)

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