市いちに虎とらあり

expression

people will believe a falsehood if many repeat it; argumentum ad populum

Proverb meaning that a lie repeated often enough can be taken as truth. Literally 'there is a tiger in the market'.

• 「市いちに虎とらあり」ということわざは、多た数すうの人ひとが言いえば嘘うそも真しん実じつになるという意い味みだ。

  The proverb 'there is a tiger in the market' means that if many people say something, even a lie can become truth.