Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Lie (Verb)

Lie as fast as dog can lick a plate.
—Anonymous

Lies like an auctioneer.
—Anonymous

Lies like a tooth-drawer.
—Anonymous

Lies like print.
—Anonymous

Lie like a charlatan.
—Honoré de Balzac

Lie like a political program.
—Honoré de Balzac

Lie like a gas meter.
—Harold Brighouse

Swere and lye as a womman kan.
—Geoffrey Chaucer

He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with prickles.
—Thomas Hood

Lies like a feller with a family horse t’ sell.
—Abe Martin

Lies like a smile of sunshine among lilies.
—Gerald Massey

Lie like a book of anecdotes.
—Hannah More

Lies like truth.
—William Shakespeare