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lame excuse

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Definition


An insufficient excuse.

Context : Education, Sports
Category: Idiom
Semantic: bogus, fake

Usage of “lame excuse”

  1. That's a lame excuse to not show up to practice.

  2. "The dog ate my homework" is the classic lame excuse.

Examples of idiom “lame excuse” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'mikecampton'
    mikecampton:

    @telurikan That's a lame excuse. For Catholics, they have Lent. BUT we're not Catholics so why are we doing Lent again? @shannzilla @dessyS

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'heythereclint'
    heythereclint:

    "I'm on vacation," is a lame excuse to over eat.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'kevdog'
    kevdog:

    @chadmyers Saying "Others do it too!" is a very lame excuse for the abomination that these people have laid on the Church.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'CRUDEKID'
    CRUDEKID:

    -Day2Day w yu it's always sumthin else wrkn my nerve God knows I dont deserve wht u put me through. so dont come @ me w another lame excuse.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'jmaite'
    jmaite:

    DISGUSTED with Palin and the people who follow her because she's cute, or some other lame excuse.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'Christian_Rocha'
    Christian_Rocha:

    You have the most lame excuses in the world!! I've had it with all these excuses!! I hope you screw up your life!!!

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'Jessxcacpl'
    Jessxcacpl:

    I'm so freaking tired of your lame excuses and your so-not sincere apologies.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'jeannatividad'
    jeannatividad:

    I hate people who give unreasonable, lame excuses.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'dougiesgirl444'
    dougiesgirl444:

    omg! lamest excuse ever! "Because theyre old!" WTF!?

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'lOskiibaybee'
    lOskiibaybee:

    lamest excuse I used for not going to school: my phone & ipod isn't charged therefore not going!

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'marybohon_xo'
    marybohon_xo:

    "I can't watch TV and listen to this book at the same time..I can only listen to it & play a video game"- lamest excuse EVER. grow up.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'Twenty4Oceans'
    Twenty4Oceans:

    Just had the lamest excuse for a chocolate chip cookie and black bean soup ever. Panera #getouttahere