架謊鑿空jià huǎng zuò kōngtell lies out of thin air (/the void)
? 這楊大郎名喚楊先彥，綽號為鐵指甲，專一糶風(fēng)賣雨，～，撾著人家本錢就使。(《金瓶梅》 九十二)This elder son of the Yang family was called Yang Xianyan whose nickname was Iron Nail. His sole pursuit in life was to stir up trouble and tell lies out of thin air and spent others’ capital whenever he could lay his hands on it. |