tall-tale
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n. (c.)Countable NounAn exaggerated and improbable story.
He told a tall-tale about catching a fish that was bigger than his boat.
adj.AdjectiveHaving the characteristics of an exaggerated and improbable story.
The description of the monster was tall-tale, no one could believe it.
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- A tall tale, again, tall adjective, tale, noun, together they mean unbelievable story.
A tall tale, again, tall adjective, tale, noun, together they mean unbelievable story.
- Sometimes like little kids, when they get in trouble and they want to have an excuse so they don't get blamed, they make up a tall tale.
Sometimes like little kids, when they get in trouble and they want to have an excuse so they don't get blamed, they make up a tall tale.
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- Last one, tall tale.
Last one, tall tale.
- A tall tale is idiomatic, it means an unbelievable story, right?
A tall tale is idiomatic, it means an unbelievable story, right?
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- Snopes says the story dates back to a tall tale first told in 1976, where a woman was eating KFC, discovered she was chowing down on a fried rat, then promptly succumbed to a heart attack.
Snopes says the story dates back to a tall tale first told in 1976, where a woman was eating KFC, discovered she was chowing down on a fried rat, then promptly succumbed to a heart attack.
- Snopes says the story dates back to a tall tale first told in 1976, where a woman was
Snopes says the story dates back to a tall tale first told in 1976, where a woman was
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- I memorized a tall tale and I told it in front of the school.
I memorized a tall tale and I told it in front of the school.
- I memorized a tall tale, and I told it in front of the school.
I memorized a tall tale, and I told it in front of the school.
What LEVEL is Your English? — TEST with Disney's LUCA
- A tall tale is a...
A tall tale is a...
- A tall tale is a wrong instruction, scare story, exaggerated story.
A tall tale is a wrong instruction, scare story, exaggerated story.
Mr Barker Tells a Ghost Story — The Victorian Way
- No doubt a tall tale made up by somebody in a pub to entertain a learned scholar collecting folktales.
No doubt a tall tale made up by somebody in a pub to entertain a learned scholar collecting folktales.
- No doubt a tall tale made up by somebody in a pub to entertain a learned scholar collecting folktales.
No doubt a tall tale made up by somebody in a pub to entertain a learned scholar collecting folktales.