Liar, liar, pants on fire
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The phrase Liar, lair, pants on fire is a playground taunt to indicate the speaker disbelief of the target's statement. Lying is consider a naughty act and a bottom or pants being on fire is an euphemism for a spanking.
It is also found in Jump-rope rhymes like:
- Liar, liar, pants on fire,
- Your belt's hanging on the telephone wire!
Variation:
- Liar, liar, pants on fire,
- Your nose is long as a telephone wire!
Yet another variation:
- Liar, liar, pants on fire,
- Hanging by a thread on a telephone wire!
See also
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Jump-rope rhyme ]
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