pitch (one) a story

To tell a lie or only part of the truth in order to convince one of something or to avoid the consequences of something. Don't you dare pitch me a story about being at the library. I want to know exactly where you were tonight. I suspect he's just pitching a story about where all that money came from.

词组	pitch (one) a story
释义	pitch (one) a story pitch (one) a story To tell a lie or only part of the truth in order to convince one of something or to avoid the consequences of something. Don't you dare pitch me a story about being at the library. I want to know exactly where you were tonight. I suspect he's just pitching a story about where all that money came from. See also: pitch, story Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: a straw will show which way the wind blows (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you a fast talker a/the feel of (something) a necessary evil all right (one) doesn't give a rip (about something) (one) could use (something) a crack at (someone or something) (one) doesn't give a hoot (about something)
随便看	throttle throttle back throttle down through through and through through hell and high water through (one's) eyes through (one's) good offices throughout through rose-colored glasses through rose-coloured spectacles through somebody's good offices through the back door through the cracks through the eyes of somebody through the eyes of (someone) through the floor through the good offices of (someone) through the grapevine through the mill through the mill, to go/to be put through the wringer through thick and thin through with through with (someone or something)