the most obvious look on your face that tells someone that you are lying. when everything on your face- every expression- says "hey, i'm a liar", then you are wearing your lie-face.
big sister: "you stole my shirt!"
little sister: (grinning when she says,) "no, i didn't."
big sister: "do you think i'm stupid? i know you did! i can totally tell you're lying! you have your lie-face on!"
A bold face lie occurs when someone is bold enough to lie to your face, eventhough it's obvious the person is lying.
Shaniqua told her man, Tyrone, a bold face lie when she said the baby was his. It was obvious the child was by a white man--it had blonde hair and blue eyes.
A term used in reference to newspaper headlines printed in bold face type, which are outright lies. Such headlines are only intended to sell newspapers, not to publish truth.
Although Truman won the election, the newspaper headline proclaimed "DEWEY WINS" before the election results were official. At best it was wishful thinking; at worst it was a bold face lie. So much for the credibility of the news media.
contemporary alternative to 'bald-faced lie' or 'barefaced lie' / referring to Donald J. Trump's tangerine completion and his propensity for putting forth flat-out bullshit
Nothing said on that so-called news program is anything but an orange-faced lie.