[Idiom] lie like a rug / lie through your teeth

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Mnemon

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Hello,

A. He's lying through his teeth.

B. He's lying like a rug.

- Are they both common in your neck of the woods? Any difference?
 
A is very common in NW England and throughout the UK, I expect.

I've never heard B before.
 
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