white lie
An innocent social excuse.
Ложь во спасение.
I am too busy to go to their house for dinner tonight. I will call them and tell a little white lie about having the flu.
He told her a white lie.
Он солгал ей во спасение.
white night
Ночь без сна.
He had a white night last night.
Прошедшей ночью он так и не уснул.
white sale
The selling, especially at lower prices, of goods or clothing usually made of white cloth.
Mother always buys many things at the January white sale to save money.
white-collar workers
white collar workers
Workers employed in offices and at desks as opposed to those who work as manual workers; the middle class.
It is a well-known fact that white-collar workers are less well organized than unionized manual workers.
whiter than white
Белее белого, белоснежный.
His T-shirt is whiter than white.
Его футболка белоснежная.
whitewash something
To explain a major, national scandal in soothing official terms so as to assure the public that things are under control and there is no need to panic.
Many people in the United States believe that President Kennedy's assassination was whitewashed by the Warren Commission.
whitewash
A soothing official report that attempts to tranquilize the public.
Some people believe that the Warren Commission's report on the Kennedy assassination was a whitewash.