bare Idioma

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a bare-faced lie

a deliberate lie, a planned lie His statement to the police was false - a bare-faced lie.

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bare bones

only the necessary things, no extras, bare bones ACTION CLEAN is a bare-bones operation - a family business.

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bare-faced lie

(See a bare-faced lie)

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bare your soul

tell the public about your private experiences To write a good novel, you may have to bare your soul.

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laid bare

exposed, open for everyone to see During the trial, details of his personal life were laid bare.

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so small you could barely swing a cat

very small room, narrow room The bedroom was so small you could barely swing a cat in it.

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Bare your heart

If you bare your heart to someone, you tell them you personal and private feelings. ('Bare your soul' is an alternative form of the idiom.)

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Barefaced liar

A barefaced liar is one who displays no shame about lying even if they are exposed.

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lay bare|bare|lay

v. phr. To expose; reveal; divulge. During his testimony the witness laid bare the whole story of his involvement with the accused.

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bare

bare
lay bare
to open to view; uncover; expose

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bare hands, with one's

bare hands, with one's
With one's hands but without tools, weapons, or other implements. For example, Jean assembled the new stove with her bare hands. This phrase, first recorded in 1604, extends the literal meaning, “with uncovered (that is, without gloves) and hence unprotected hands,” to “unaided by implements.”

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bare necessities

bare necessities
Just sufficient resources, with nothing to spare. For example, The room was furnished with just the bare necessities—bed, table, chair. This idiom uses bare in the sense of “mere, and nothing else,” a usage dating from about 1200.

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bare one's soul

bare one's soul
Reveal one's most private thoughts and feelings. For example, Teenagers rarely bare their souls to their parents; they prefer their peers. This figurative use of the verb bare, which literally means “make bare” or “uncover,” dates from A.D. 1000.

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bare one's teeth

bare one's teeth
Also, show one's teeth. Indicate hostility and readiness to fight, as in His refusal to accept my offer made it clear I'd have to bare my teeth, or In this instance, calling in a lawyer is showing one's teeth. This figurative term transfers the snarl of a dog to human anger. It first was recorded as show one's teeth in 1615.

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barefaced lie

barefaced lie
A shameless falsehood. For example, Bill could tell a barefaced lie with a straight face. The adjective barefaced means “beardless,” and one theory is that in the 1500s this condition was considered brazen in all but the youngest males. By the late 1600s barefaced also meant “brazen” or “bold,” the meaning alluded to in this phrase.

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cupboard is bare, the

cupboard is bare, the
The desired resources are not available, as in The schools are asking for a budget increase but the cupboard is bare. This metaphoric expression may have come from the nursery rhyme: “Old Mother Hubbard, went to the cupboard, to fetch her poor dog a bone, And when she went there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none” (Sarah Catherine Martin, The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard, 1805).