tissue

tissue of lies

A number of false statements made to deliberately hide the truth. After the human resources manager performed a background check on the new applicant, she realized his resume was a tissue of lies.

a pack of lies

also a tissue of lies (formal)

a story that someone has invented in order to deceive people He dismissed recent rumours that he'd had affairs with a number of women as 'a pack of lies'. The entire account of where she'd been and who she'd been with that night was a tissue of lies.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sten	-	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Ahriman	AH-ri-mahn	Persian Mythology
Hanako	hah-nah-ko	Japanese
Amporn	-	Thai
Haggith	-	Biblical
Kiri	-	Maori