cock-and-bull
31cock and bull story — noun informal a ridiculous and implausible story …
32a cock and bull story — Meaning A fanciful and unbelievable tale. Origin The phrase may have originated at Stony Stratford in Buckinghamshire, England. The village has two pubs, the Cock and the Bull. Coaches between London to Birmingham changed horses at one pub or the …
33cock-and-bullstory — cock and bull story (kŏk ən bo͝olʹ) n. An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true. * * * …
34cock-and-bull story — noun Date: 1778 an incredible story told as true …
35Cock-and-bull stories — absurd, unlikely story, claiming to be true …
36cock-and-bull stories — Australian Slang absurd, unlikely story, claiming to be true …
37cock-and-bull story — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An untrue declaration: canard, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie2, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth. Informal: fish story, tall tale. Slang: whopper. See TRUE …
38cock-and-bull story — n. made up story, lie, tall tale …
39cock and bull story — • a rubbish story, nonsense …
40cock-and-bull story — Absurd story, exaggerated tale, canard …