cock-and-bull story

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Noun

cock-and-bull story

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

Synonyms

• Banbury story of a cock and a bull

Translations

• French: histoire à dormir debout, conte de bonne femme
• German: Lügengeschichte, Münchhausengeschichte; (jemandem was) vom Pferd erzählen (to tell someone a cock-and-bull story)
• Russian: ска́зка про бе́лого бычка́

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