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cock-and-bull_story

cock-and-bull story

English

Noun

cock-and-bull story ‎(plural cock-and-bull stories)

(idiomatic) A far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity

Translations

a far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity

Dutch: onzinverhaal n
German: Lügengeschichte (de) f; (jemandem was) vom Pferd erzählen (to tell someone a cock-and-bull story)
Hungarian: dajkamese (hu)

Irish: scéal i mbarr bata m
Russian: ска́зка про бе́лого бычка́ (ru) ‎(skázka pro bélovo byčká) (a tale of a white (young) bull/calf)
Turkish: kocakarı masalı (tr)