Phrases & SayingsEveryday lifeRhyming slang
porky pie
A lie; usually plural porky pies.
In a sentence
He told a porky pie about why he was late.
Where it came from
The rhyming slang pork pie/porky pie = lie is used in Australian as well as British English.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established