ShaNap Posted 16 years agoGrammar
Lies ..
Kipling:
... "Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies."
As known, "lie" when used as a verb may denote one out of two verbs:
the action of telling a lie, and the action of becoming horizontal.
It is clear to me that here the usage of "lied about" is to describe lies being told; but,
there is an English idiom which has another meaning but looks the same: "lie about" which means to be lazy etc.
Is there a game of words here that I don't see?
Thanks.