Thread: How do you say "The sacrifice of hiding in a lie" in Russian?

...ложь is just understood as lies?

I think they are one and the same, completely identical to each other.

wouldn't it be в лжи anyway = prepositional case?

No way! Don’t even think about it!
Well, it might look something like that in a similar sentence, say: “спрятавшись во лжи, я не могу быть в мире с самим собой”, but note the additional o in во лжи. I don’t know if they teach you this in grammar books, but we add the "o" to make the sound flow. Without it it’s almost a tongue-twister whereas in в грязи, for example, your в sounds just fine, all in accordance with the rule you may have made your assumption on.

Originally Posted by alexB

I think they are one and the same, completely identical to each other.

Fantastic! I believe I've (maybe) found the right words to use. :]

So then "погружённый во лжи, я не могу жить с собой" can be read as "Immersed in lies, I cannot live with myself"?
Also, "спрятавшись во лжи, я не могу быть в мире с самим собой" can be read as "Hiding in a lie, I cannot be at peace with myself"?
alexB, is "самим" absolutely necessary? Could I say "спрятавшись во лжи, я не могу быть в мире с собой"?

Originally Posted by alexB

No way! Don’t even think about it!
Well, it might look something like that in a similar sentence, say: “спрятавшись во лжи, я не могу быть в мире с самим собой”, but note the additional o in во лжи. I don’t know if they teach you this in grammar books, but we add the "o" to make the sound flow. Without it it’s almost a tongue-twister whereas in в грязи, for example, your в sounds just fine, all in accordance with the rule you may have made your assumption on.

Yes I do know of this rule, I just always forget it (also I didn't know it applied to the consonant cluster «лж» specifically... is there a list somewhere of the consonant clusters this rule applies to?)

Погрязши во лжи, в грязи, в долгах...