| 单词 | tall tale |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with tall taletall tale A fanciful or greatly exaggerated story, as in Some youngsters love tall tales about creatures from outer space coming to earth. This idiom uses tall in the sense of “exaggerated.” [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. tall taleSEE SYNONYMS FOR tall tale ON THESAURUS.COM An exaggerated, unreliable story: “My uncle claims that he was raised in a drainage ditch, but it's just another of his tall tales.” Words nearby tall taletallow wood, tallowy, tall poppy, tall poppy syndrome, tall ship, tall tale, Tallulah, tally, tally clerk, tallyho, tallyman The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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