DON'T GIVE ME THAT LINE

Meaning of DON'T GIVE ME THAT LINE in English

don't give me that line / don't give me that story etc.

do not tell me that false story

Don't give me that line about a cure for the common cold.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

T — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES can/can't cope ▪ Older people can't cope so well with the heat. don't expect miracles ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GIVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DON — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Don Juan don't expect miracles ▪ Don’t expect miracles. A hairdresser can't make a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Английский словарь Британика
DON — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Buell Don Carlos DeLillo Don Don Juan Don Pacifico Affair Don River {{link=McNeill Don">McNeill …
Английский словарь Британика
THAT — I. ˈthat, usu -ad.+V pronoun ( plural those ˈthōz) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thæt, neuter demonstrative pron. & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
T — I. ˈtē noun ( plural t's or ts ˈtēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 20th letter …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — I. (|)mē, _mi pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINE — I. ˈlīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līn — more at linen 1. a. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; or nonstandard give ˈgiv ; or dialect gin ˈgin ; or guv ˈgəv …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DON — I. ˈdän noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, from Latin dominus, master, lord — more at dame 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — (pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective …
Английский словарь Webster
ME — ( pers. pron. ) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ME — /mee/ , pron. 1. the objective case of I , used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINE — line 1 — linable, lineable , adj. — lineless , adj. — linelike , adj. /luyn/ , n. , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIVE — — givable, giveable , adj. , n. — givee , n. — giver , n. /giv/ , v. , gave, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DON — /don/ ; for 1 also Russ. /dawn/ , n. 1. a river flowing generally S from Tula in the Russian …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DON — don 1 /don/ ; Sp., It. /dawn/ , n. 1. ( cap. ) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; giv·en ˈgi-vən ; giv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ME — pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German mīh me, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ME — pron one. ·see men, ·pron 2. me (·pron·pers) the person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the …
Webster English vocab
LINE
Webster English vocab
GIVE — vi to have a misgiving. 2. give ·vi to become soft or moist. 3. give ·vi to give a gift …
Webster English vocab
DON — vt to put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with. 2. don ·noun sir; mr; signior; a …
Webster English vocab
DON — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 Brit. a university teacher, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ME — [me] pron, objective case of i [ME, fr. OE me; akin to OHG mih me, L me, Gk me, Skt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIVE — [give] vb gave ; giv.en ; giv.ing [ME, of Scand origin; akin to OSw giva to give; akin to OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DON — [don] vt donned ; don.ning [ME, contr. of do on] (14c) 1: to put on (an article of clothing) 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DON — [Don] abbreviation Donegal
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DON — don, Don BrE AmE dɒn AmE dɑːn —See also phrases with this word ▷ donned dɒnd AmE dɑːnd ▷ donning …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
T — (also t ) / tiː; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Ts , T's , t's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — pronoun , noun ■ pronoun / mi; NAmE ; strong form miː/ the form of I that is used when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIVE — / gɪv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( gave / geɪv; NAmE / given / ˈgɪvn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
T — T BrE AmE , t /tiː/ ( plural T’s , t’s ) noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the 20th …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ME — me S1 W1 /mi; strong miː/ BrE AmE pronoun [object form of ‘I’] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LINE — I. line 1 S1 W1 /laɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Partly from Old French ligne , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GIVE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DON — I. don 1 /dɒn $ dɑːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: a respectful …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DON — n. 1 a university teacher, esp. a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge. 2 (Don) a a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LINE — n. & v. n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GIVE — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DON — n. 1 a university teacher, esp. a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge. 2 (Don) a a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ME — 1. pron. 1. objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use …
Oxford English vocab
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1. tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Oxford English vocab
DON — 1. n.1 a university teacher, esp. a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge. 2 (Don) a a …
Oxford English vocab
GIVE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A speaker or writer uses me to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE — ( lines, lining, lined) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A line …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DON — ( dons, donning, donned) 1. If you don clothing, you put it on. ( WRITTEN ) The crowd threw petrol …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THAT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ME
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary line ▪ There was some disagreement about the exact position of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ME — (PERSON) [pronoun] - used, usually after a verb or preposition, to refer to the person speaking or writingCan you see …
Cambridge English vocab
DON
Cambridge English vocab
ME — pron. Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DON — n. Bradman Don Buell Don Carlos DeLillo Don Don Juan Don Pacifico Affair Don River McNeill Don Rostov on Don …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GIVE — Synonyms and related words : abalienate, abandon, abstain from, accommodate, accord, act, adaptability, administer, afford, agreeability, aid, air, alien, alienate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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