It comes from a pun on the word lie a cheap rug is thin.
You lie like a rug meaning.
He lies like a rug.
Last edited on sep 14 2018.
A pun on lying down as a rug does.
He lies like a rug.
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To lie constantly.
To lie tell a falsehood.
It lies flat on the floor.
By knightshade may 07 2006.
The medical term sialogogic which means producing saliva comes from greek words meaning to bring forth saliva lie like a rug and hang like a curtain a san diego california man says that when he got into trouble as a boy his mother would say you lie like a rug and you hang like a cheap curtain.
Lie like a rug to lie brazenly and barefacedly.
A pun on the dual meanings of lie my brother always lies like a rug to get out of trouble with our parents.
Lie through one s teeth lie cheat fib whopper deceive.
To be dishonest you can t trust that guy.
Lie like a rug.
To lie through one s teeth.