Name: English Tutor Nick P Noun Phrase (133) Barefaced Lie and Boldfaced Lie
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 133. The noun phrase today is

either barefaced lie or bold-faced lie.  They basically have the same exact

Future simple

meaning. So that's why we're going to cover both today. Okay. So let's take a look at

the note here. A barefaced lie or bold-faced lie is a very obvious lie

that is told with a lot of confidence or at least the person who's telling it

seems to be very confident. Like  oh what are you talking about ?  I'm not lying. No.  No

way and they tell it very directly.  Usually the person who is telling the

lie has good acting talent. You know,  so that they're acting like they're very

confident.  No. No way. But the person who accuses

someone of being a bare-faced liar or bold-faced liar can see through the lie

and it's very obvious. They know it's a lie. Basically he is accusing the

barefaced liar of telling a planned or deliberate lie. You know,  on purpose. Okay.

Let's continue. The word bare-faced sometimes is also found with a hyphen.

So you can see bear - faced. Okay. Then you see the same with bold too. So you may

find it both ways with and  without a hyphen too. The word bare face dates back to the 16th

century and meant ...  originally it  just meant clean-shaven,  without a beard or a mask

or anything covering the face. Over time it evolved to mean someone that was open

and not hiding anything.  Thus barefaced ...  a barefaced lie evolved

into someone pretending to be open and honest,  but was clearly a liar. Okay. Let's

continue. Around the mid-1900s bold-faced came into existence. So first it was just

barefaced then boldfaced came around the 1900s. Many think it may have formed

simply to add emphasis.  Because it sounds a little bit

stronger than barefaced.  The idea is to show how bold or daring

one is to tell such a lie. You know , where you know,  they're acting like they're

perfectly you know,  honest and everything but you know,  maybe it's too easy to see

through it. Okay. Good. There is even a third term,  bald-faced liar.  So you could

have a barefaced liar,  a bold-faced liar,  and bald-faced liar. Okay. Let's continue.

Yeah. So bald-faced that is a variant of the first two. But it's less common. You

don't see it quite as much. So you probably see barefaced probably most

common. Then sometimes bold-faced but there is also bald-faced. Okay. And here,

we just we have got four examples to cover these. Let's look at example number one.

He could be a good actor when he wants to be. He has a talent for telling

barefaced lies. You could say that or number two. Don't believe a word of it.

That is a bold-faced lie. Yeah. So maybe somebody knows for sure. Absolutely,  they,...

You know,maybe they have certain knowledge they know 100% that that

person is lying. Okay. And number three here.  I don't care how sincere Susan

pretends to be. That is a bold-faced lie or again barefaced lie. And number four

here. Many politicians try to perfect their skill of telling barefaced lies or

boldface lines. Yeah. Okay. Anyway,  I hope you got it. I hope  it was clear. I hope hope was

informative. Thank you for your time. Bye- bye.

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