Bold-Faced Or Bald-Faced? · 3:35am Jul 23rd, 2017
This blog doesn't really have anything to do with anything, but I was curious: Is it a "bold-faced" or "bald-faced" lie?
I've read that either is acceptable, but I have never once heard anyone ever say "bald-faced". I just wondered, were there any of you who would refer to it as a "bald-faced" lie.
Just for some background, the term is used to describe a lie that is blatantly and obviously untrue. Something that you can easily tell is a lie, despite the liar's insistence that it's the truth. Like catching your kid with chocolate on his face and him telling you he didn't eat the candy bar. Apparently, the term was originally "barefaced lie", because, at that time, bare meant brazen or bold. The reasoning behind that is because this was the 1600s, so most men had a beard or a mustache, so going bare, or clean-shaven, was a bold fashion choice. Bare became bald, but bold also makes a lot of sense. But which one do you use?
P.S. I've gotten my sleeping issues mostly resolved, in case anyone was wondering.
Actually I don't recall hearing that expression often. Though bold-faced sounds more familiar.
Personally I would go with bold-faced because you have to be rather bold to lie when it is far too obvious. Or foolish. Thin line when you think about it.