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Sep 18, 2017 · This news is followed by a cheekily defensive parenthetical: “It is so, you liar, liar, pants on fire; there were several people who called up.” A 1930s wrestling match, which likely...
Oct 14, 2017 · The saying liar, liar pants on fire is part of a longer children’s rhyme that’s been around since 1841 or so. There are several different versions of what comes after the line liar, liar, pants on fire, such as “Hanging by a telephone wire / While you’re there, cut your hair / And stick it down your underwear.”.
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.
[Chorus] 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...
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?
The counterpart to on fire in "The Liar" is alight. Like liar/deceiver/dissembler and pants/trousers, these two terms share a meaning, but unlike the other pairings, these two have different parts of speech. On fire is a prepositional phrase, whereas alight is an adjective.
