Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth.

    He returned on Monday with a tall tale about a 100-pound fish he had caught.

    Phantasterei, Seemannsgarn, Spinnerei

    ба́йкаbájka, небыли́цаnebylíca, враньёvranʹjó

    небили́цяnebylýcja

More definitions
  • an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Don't expect me to believe such a tall tale.

    ruНе ждите, что я поверю в эти небылицы. — marafon

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  2. It's a tall tale.

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  3. That's a tall tale.

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  4. They made him swallow tall tales.

  5. They made her swallow tall tales.

Translations

8 languages
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tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated:

Origin

From tall (“exaggerated”) + tale.

From tall (“exaggerated”) + tale.

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