Only a little fib, she told herself.

Matthew does tell that little fib, but, inexplicably, he also seems to know things about Johnny that George never told him.

He said they'd cheerfully swallow a big lie and choke on a little fib.

A little fib would help here, Aremys decided.

What's a little white fib amongst friends?

Perhaps she had told a little fib and it had snowballed into a colossal lie.

And I'd been whipped a couple of times for telling little fibs.

He aggrandizes himself, Pseudolus is an awesome trickster, "that little fib was worth its weight in gold".

Rusty told us a little fib when he said they'd left together.

Is Lear telling just a little fib?