| 单词 | fish-story |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfish-story fish-story n. an incredible tale or ‘yarn’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400 tale of a tub1532 Canterbury tale or story?a1550 romanza1622 romance1638 onea1642 Robin Hood tale1653 cock-and-bull story1670 stretcher1674 whid1794 fish-story1819 snake story1826 screamer1831 twister1834 ráiméis1835 Munchausen1840 skyscraper1840 Munchausenism1848 cock1851 snake yarn1891 furphy1916 fanny1930 the old ackamarackus1933 windy1933 1819 St. Louis Enquirer 8 Dec. A fish story!.. In consequence of the shoals of white-fish which occupied and choaked the channel between Bois Blanc Island and Amherstburgh, the steamboat could not pass. 1823 Missouri Intelligencer 28 Jan. That's ‘a fish story’, but mine's a true one. 1867 Harper's Mag. July 183/1 A friend who does not tell fish stories, says he has seen them [sc. herring] in such schools that he could not row his boat through them. 1887 C. F. Holder Living Lights 97 Exaggerations are often termed ‘fish-stories’, for the reason perhaps that improbable tales are related concerning the denizens of the sea. < as lemmas |
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