When he tells people he's from Manhattan he's bending the truth a little since he really grew up in Brooklyn.他告诉别人他来自曼哈顿是撒了个小谎，因为他其实是在布鲁克林长大的。His mother says that he sometimes tells fibs.他母亲说他有时会撒点小谎。Sometimes we bend the truth a little in order to spare them the pain of the real facts.有时我们会撒些小谎，以免他们知道实情会太痛苦。