| 单词 | cock-and-bull story |
| 释义 | cock-and-bull story[ kok-uhn-bool ] / ˈkɒk ənˈbʊl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cock-and-bull story ON THESAURUS.COM nounan absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story. Origin of cock-and-bull storyFirst recorded in 1600–10; probably with original reference to some fable in which a cock and bull figure Words nearby cock-and-bull storycock-a-hoop, Cockaigne, cock-a-leekie, cockalorum, cockamamie, cock-and-bull story, cockapoo, cock a snook, cockatiel, cockatoo, cockatrice Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cock-and-bull story
British Dictionary definitions for cock-and-bull storycock-and-bull story nouninformal an obviously improbable story, esp a boastful one or one used as an excuse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with cock-and-bull storycock and bull story An unbelievable tale that is intended to deceive; a tall tale. For example, Jack told us some cock and bull story about getting lost. This expression may come from a folk tale involving these two animals, or from the name of an English inn where travelers told such tales. W.S. Gilbert used it in The Yeomen of the Guard (1888), where Jack Point and Wilfred the Jailer make up a story about the hero's fictitious death: “Tell a tale of cock and bull, Of convincing detail full.” [c. 1600] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for cock-and-bull storycock-and-bull story A story that is false: “When John came home at 3:30 a.m., he gave his mother some cock-and-bull story about having a flat tire on the way home.” 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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