tall story

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /tɔːl ˈstɔːɹi/    美 /tɔl ˈstɔɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of tall tale (“a tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth”). idiomatic
    — Mary Beard, formerly professor of classics at Cambridge University, directed followers on X to her latest book, titled Emperor of Rome, which opens with a lengthy discussion of the “tall stories” told about Elagabalus.

词形变化

tall stories plural

词源

From tall (“exaggerated”) + story.
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