tall story | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Synonym oftall tale(“ataleorstorywhich isfantasticandgreatlyexaggerated; also, anaccountofquestionableveracity; alie, anuntruth”).Synonyms:Banbury story of a cock and a bull,cock-and-bull story,fish story,traveller's tale2023November 24, Esther Addley, “Was Roman emperor Elagabalus really trans – and does it really matter?”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:Mary Beard, formerly professor of classics at Cambridge University, directed followers on X to her latest book, titled Emperor of Rome, which opens with a lengthy discussion of the “tall stories” told about Elagabalus.

Examples:

EN: Now you'll forgive me... But it IS a tall story.
ES: Perdona, pero su historia es increíble.
EN: I said a "tall story", Rose... not an impossible one.
ES: He dicho que la historia era increíble, no imposible.
EN: Now that was a tall story!
ES: ¡Es una historia inverosímil!
EN: The devil and whatever the next tall story calls it, that's the place, all right.
ES: -Valle Mocane... ¿No es donde...? -Exacto. Es donde dicen que vive ese demonio, esa bestia o ese monstruo.
EN: Version of the scientists-pirates is a tall story.
ES: La versión de científicos-piratas es una fantasía.
EN: Some tall story, huh !
ES: ¡Alguna historia, huh!
EN: It's a bit of a tall story
ES: Es un cuento chino.
EN: Has no-one ever told you a tall story?
ES: ¿Nunca te han cantado la canción del bandido?
EN: Camille told you a tall story, true, but that's no reason to change.
ES: Camille se inventó una historia, es verdad, pero no hay motivo para que reaccionéis así.
EN: He gave you this tall story?
ES: ¿Te ha contado esa patraña?
EN: Now, at first, it seemed to me like an incredibly tall story.
ES: Al principio, me pareció como una historia increíblemente descabellada.
EN: Drug someone tall story about his sisters were burnt to death in a school.
ES: De Drogas dicen que sus hermanas fueron asesinadas, quemándolas en una escuela.
EN: Was it Petroni who told you that she was afraid, or is it another nice detail of your tall story?
ES: ¿Petroni dijo que tenía miedo o es otro lindo detalle suyo?
EN: And the first one to tell me a tall story, I'll kick his ass, is that understood?
ES: Y al primero que me cuente un cuento, le patearé el trasero, ¿se entiende?
EN: - What is a tall story?
ES: - ¿Qué es un cuento chino?

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