pork pies
pork pies
slang Lies. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "pies" rhymes with "lies." Primarily heard in UK. Every politician tells pork pies to get elected to office, don't they? I've had about enough of your pork pies—just tell me the truth!
See also: pie, pork
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- porky pies
- porkies
- porky
- mince pies
- a load of (old) cobblers' awls
- a Captain Cook
- a load of (old) cobblers
- lie within
- (one's) (old) china
- bag of fruit