cock-and-bull
11cock-and-bull story — cock and bull stories N COUNT If you describe something that someone tells you as a cock and bull story, you mean that you do not believe it is true. [INFORMAL] Was it him who made you come to us with this cock and bull story? …
12cock and bull story — A cock and bull story is a lie someone tells that is completely unbelievable …
13cock-and-bull story — [käk′ən bool′] n. [for earlier cockalane < Fr ( saillir du) coq en l âne, lit., (to jump from) the cock to the donkey] an absurd, improbable story …
14cock-and-bull story — cock and bull ,story noun count a story that is very silly and difficult to believe …
15cock and bull story — ► NOUN informal ▪ a ridiculous and implausible story …
16cock-and-bull story — cock′ and bull′ sto ry n. an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth • Etymology: 1600–10 …
17cock-and-bull story — noun an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse • Syn: ↑fairytale, ↑fairy tale, ↑fairy story, ↑song and dance • Hypernyms: ↑fib, ↑story, ↑tale, ↑ …
18cock and bull story — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cock and bull story : singular cock and bull story plural cock and bull stories informal a story that is silly and difficult to believe …
19cock-and-bull story — /kok euhn bool / an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don t ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock and bull story. [1600 10; prob. with orig. reference to some fable in which a cock and bull figure] * * * …
20cock-and-bull\ story — n. phr. An exaggerated or unbelievable story. Stop feeding me such cock and bull stories, the detective said to the suspect …