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Meanings of cock-and-bull story in English

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contos de fadas
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falòrnia
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An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse.

        contos de fadas
        Synonyms
        Examples for "fairytale"
        Examples for "fairytale"
        1
        But is this fairytale of urban planning too good to be true?
        The Guardian
        2
        It was a fairytale that actually happened to my life last year.
        The Guardian
        3
        In the second half, their fairytale continued and they doubled their lead.
        The South African
        4
        One way or another, that fairytale will reach its conclusion on Saturday.
        The Guardian
        5
        On a sunny morning in spring they suggest knights in a fairytale.
        T. Tembarom
        1
        This is the real Indian fairy tale of the birth of Mon-daw-min.
        Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
        2
        It was like a fairy tale come true, for both of them.
        Journey
        3
        You can't disguise yourself-anymore than the Princess in the fairy tale.
        Red Pepper's Patients / With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in...
        4
        She saw a new world, like a vision in a fairy tale.
        Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
        5
        The environment struck them as the setting of an unfriendly fairy tale.
        Death of a Red Heroine
        1
        The old Chinese fairy story hits upon a fundamental and vital truth.
        The Mind and Its Education
        2
        I've never read a fairy story that reads quite like this one.
        The Angel Stone
        3
        The purely imaginative or fanciful, and here belongs the so-called fairy story.
        Children's Rights: A Book of Nursery Logic
        4
        The thought of the fairy story flashed back into the lawyer's mind.
        Red-Robin
        5
        It was a fairy night, and the thing was a fairy story.
        The Sleuth of St. James's Square
        1
        The wicked slaves expended their pent up emotions in song and dance.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        2
        SOCRATES: Again; you sometimes accompany the lyre with the song and dance?
        Alcibiades I
        3
        On her withdrawal the chorus break once more into song and dance.
        The Greek View of Life
        4
        Music and song and dance, with cymbals, and stringed instruments, and drums.
        The Tarn of Eternity
        5
        It's not just a song and dance that raises Brett's spirits, though.
        The South African
        Usage of cock-and-bull story in English
        1
        Do you expect me to believe any such cock-and-bull story as that?
        Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
        2
        Then he asked himself: Do you really believe this cock-and-bull story?
        Spiral
        3
        This is the third time you have given me the same cock-and-bull story.
        Autobiography of a Yogi
        4
        It's only going to sound like some cock-and-bull story to them.
        The Dreaming Place
        5
        So he came here to drink my ale, and tell his cock-and-bull story.
        Put Yourself in His Place
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        They'll never make me believe that cock-and-bull story about Lady Bearwarden.
        M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
        7
        I never heard such a cock-and-bull story in all my life!
        The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
        8
        All a cock-and-bull story, that sore foot of yours!-Yes ,yes ;youmay go.
        The Downfall
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        You are not fool enough to believe such a cock-and-bull story as that!
        The Lamp in the Desert
        10
        You've got some cock-and-bull story about a mysterious telephone call.
        Talk of the town
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        You're surely not silly enough to believe Johnson's cock-and-bull story?
        A Rock in the Baltic
        12
        What's this cock-and-bull story you've got up about her, anyway?
        The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
        13
        He'll tell some cock-and-bull story that will put him to the good with the cops.
        Boy Scouts in Mexico; Or, On Guard with Uncle Sam
        14
        I don't take no more stock in that cock-and-bull story about the lost Mexican mine.
        In a Hollow of the Hills
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        It's a cock-and-bull story, but I give it to you just as I got it.
        The Tides of Barnegat
        16
        Was ever such a cock-and-bull story in this life?
        The Poison Belt
        Translations for cock-and-bull story