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A lie has legs figure of speech ​

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Answer:

("no legs" to stand on)

Step-by-step explanation:

Because a lie has nothing to support it ("no legs" to stand on), it is unsustainable and can be easily recognized and dismissed as a lie.

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Answer:

I think you are asking what a lie has legs is called. it is called personification. when human characteristics or behaviors are given or assigned to nonhuman things.

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