YOU SAID:
a broken promise is as good as a lie
INTO JAPANESE
約束を破ったことは嘘と同じだ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Breaking a promise is the same as lying.
INTO JAPANESE
約束を破ることは嘘をつくことと同じです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Breaking a promise is the same as lying.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.