Fred: What will I tell Ellen when she asks why I'm so late getting home? Alan: Tell her the truth— we were out having a few drinks. Fred: Children and fools tell the truth, Alan.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
children and fools tell the truth — Cf. late 14th cent. Fr. pour savoir vrai de chose toute, yvre, enffant, sot et femme escoute, to know the truth about everything, listen to drunkards, children, idiots, and women; c 1425 in Anglia (1885) VIII. 154 Atte laste treuthe was tryed… … Proverbs new dictionary
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