tell a white lie

Immediately, you would then think, "Wait a minute… what have I done wrong that I would even be thinking such a thing? Am I a liar? What have I lied about recently? Oh, yes, I did tell a white lie about something, didn't I, just the other day? So that explains it! Now I understand why I'm doubting the great LRH. I'm so relieved! There's nothing wrong with Ron. There's just something wrong with me …"

I can tell a white lie or two in the moment, but with all this pressure of hiding my sister from my dad for three months, I just know I’m going to panic/accidentally spill the beans and rupture our family even more.

"You're just going to get the truth from that person and it's kind of winning in a way. There's a little bit of that in Christian. He sees no reason for social niceties or to tell a white lie. He just tells the truth."

"Tell about a time when a fellow employee asked you to tell a white lie."

The best way to give yourself space to clean out your email is to tell a white lie on your auto-reply, suggesting that you’re coming back later than you really are.