the cake is a lie
the cake is a lie
You will not receive the reward that you have been promised. The phrase comes from the video game Portal, in which the protagonist is repeatedly promised cake in exchange for her efforts but is eventually warned that "the cake is a lie." Our teacher said she wouldn't assign homework if we behaved at the assembly, but I'm starting to think that the cake is a lie.
See also: cake, lie
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- true to (one's) word
- true to word
- keep (one's) word
- keep one's word
- keep word
- land of milk and honey
- land of milk and honey, the
- milk and honey
- a/the land of milk and honey
- get (something) in black and white