#248 Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

We're getting ever closer to elections day in Israel. So over the past few weeks, every time we turned on the news we would hear politicians calling one another a liar. How do we say liar in Hebrew? How do we say white lies? Guy tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about the root sheker (ש.ק.ר). Listen to the All-Hebrew Version of this Episode New Words and Expressions: Sheker, shkarim - Lie, lies - שקר, שקרים Sheker lavan - White lie - שקר לבן Sheker gas - Blunt lie - שקר גס Sheker ve-kazav - Downright lie - שקר וכזב Shkarim ktanim - Small lies - שקרים קטנים Leshaker le-mishehu - To lie to someone - לשקר למישהו Hu shiker li ba-panim - He lied to my face, bluntly - הוא שיקר לי בפנים Al teshakri oti - Don't lie to me - אל תשקרי אותי Shakran - Liar - שקרן Eize shakran/shakranit - What a liar - איזה שקרן/שקרנית Dai, ya shakran/shakranit - Stop it, you liar - די, יא שקרן/שקרנית Ata im ha-hamtsa'ot shelcha - You and your inventions - אתה/את עם ההמצאות שלך Ata oved alai/At ovedet alai - You're kidding me - את עובדת עליי Shakran sidrati - Serial liar - שקרן סדרתי Shakran patologi - Pathological liar - שקרן פתולוגי Ariza - Pack, packaging - אריזה Ramai - Cheater, swindler - רמאי Playlist and Clips: Shlomo Artzi - Tagidi (lyrics) Kan - Shkarim levanim Yehudit Ravits - Ahava Yomyomit (lyrics) Shalom Hanoch & Arik Einstein - Al Tevatri Alai (lyrics) Kan - Arizot shakraniyot Ep. 13 Kombina Ep. 63 Emet Ep. 111 Mis'hak Ep. 117 Ya habibi

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