The quotation "economical with the truth" has done great damage to the reputation of the civil service, because people remember it.
No doubt it will pass into the lexicon of memorable phrases, together with being "economical with the truth".
That is being rather economical with the truth.
That is, to say the least, economical with the truth.
It must be said that he was economical with the truth.
Is it not a classic case of being economical with the truth?
Eventually, bit by bit the truth came out and it was seen that they had been economical with the truth.
They may conceal it at times and certainly they are often economical with the truth, which appears to be an ongoing issue for them.
