We tell more lies in January than at any other time of the year, it has emerged.
Fibbing about New Year resolutions, exaggerating how we are doing on diets or detox means we each wheel out 217 fibs in January.
Lying to take sickies off work as the grim winter takes hold is also a regular occurrence and and four out of ten of us will make up excuses to get out of socialising.
Money is one of the top things that Brits were likely to lie about with many admitting to hiding how much they spent over Christmas and how much debt there was on the credit card.
But despite this, nearly half of those surveyed say they regularly get caught out because they are so bad at lying.
Fibbing about New Year resolutions, exaggerating how we are doing on diets or detox means we each wheel out 217 fibs in January.
Lying to take sickies off work as the grim winter takes hold is also a regular occurrence and and four out of ten of us will make up excuses to get out of socialising.
Money is one of the top things that Brits were likely to lie about with many admitting to hiding how much they spent over Christmas and how much debt there was on the credit card.
But despite this, nearly half of those surveyed say they regularly get caught out because they are so bad at lying.