Cock-and-bull+story
61cock — I. /kɒk / (say kok) noun 1. a male chicken. 2. the male of any bird, especially of the gallinaceous kind. 3. Obsolete the crowing of the cock: they were up at first cock. 4. a leader; chief person; ruling spirit. 5. a device for permitting or… …
62cock — {{11}}cock (n.1) male chicken, O.E. cocc male bird, O.Fr. coc (12c., Mod.Fr. coq), O.N. kokkr, all of echoic origin. O.E. cocc was a nickname for one who strutted like a cock, thus a common term in the Middle Ages for a pert boy, used of… …
63story — noun 1 account of events/people, true or invented ADJECTIVE ▪ true ▪ plausible ▪ false, made up ▪ She told the police a false story about being attacked. ▪ …
64absurd story — Cock and bull story, fiddle faddle, neither rhyme nor reason, old wives tale, pure drivel …
65The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman —   …
66The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman — Leben und Ansichten von Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (engl. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman; kurz Tristram Shandy) ist ein neunbändiger, zwischen 1759 und 1767 erschienener Roman des englischen Schriftstellers Laurence Sterne.… …
67List of film director and cinematographer collaborations — The following is a partial list of film director and cinematographer collaborations. The list consists of films, organized by film director and for each director, organized by the cinematographer(s) with whom he worked repeatedly. It omits films… …
68song and dance — noun 1. theatrical performance combining singing and dancing • Hypernyms: ↑performance, ↑public presentation 2. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse • Syn: ↑fairytale, ↑fairy tale, ↑fairy story, ↑ …
69ghost story — Synonyms and related words: Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, apologue, bedtime story, blague, cock and bull story, detective story, exaggeration, fable, fabliau, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fantasy,… …
70fish story — Synonyms and related words: big talk, blague, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cock and bull story, exaggeration, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fancy talk, farfetched story, farrago, fib, fiction, fine talk, flam, flimflam, gas, ghost story, half truth …
