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Sep 18, 2017 · It’s an association as strong as a steel rivet: from schoolyard taunts to political cartoons to fact-checking websites, a true liar’s pants are always on fire.
The Castaways - Liar, Liar - 1965. Liar, liar, pants on fire Your nose is longer than a telephone wire Ask me, Baby, why I'm sad You've been out all night, know you've been bad Don't...
liar, liar, pants on fire. A schoolyard taunt to someone suspected of prevaricating. It also is used by adults, although not usually in a serious sense.
Dec 5, 2015 · "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" Children all over the United States know this simple rhyme. They say it when someone gets caught in a lie. In other words, when someone gets busted for lying.
Nov 3, 2013 · This website indicates that the phrase, with its subsequent "hanging on a telephone wire," is a paraphrase of the 1810 poem, "The Liar," by William Blake. While that may be the answer, I suspect there may be an older origin lurking about. What after all, inspired Blake to refer to trousers on fire?
Liar, liar, pants on fire. Your nose is longer than a telephone wire. [Verse 1] Ask me, baby, why I'm sad. You been out all night, know you been bad. Don't tell me different, know it's a...
Popik's earliest attestation is from 1941, with the "your nose" variant, though he also turned up a pantsless version from 1937: "Liar, liar, your tongue's on fire!" I also found repeated, numerous times, a completely bogus origin of the phrase.
