cock-and-bull story

/kok-uhn-bool/US // ˈkɒk ənˈbʊl //

胡编乱造的故事,胡编乱造,鸡鸣狗盗之事,鸡毛蒜皮的故事

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.

nouninteresting but unbelievable story

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
Whatever the FBI says, the truthers will create alternative hypotheses that try to challenge the ‘official story.’
The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.

/kok-uhn-bool/US // ˈkɒk ənˈbʊl //

胡编乱造的故事,胡编乱造,鸡鸣狗盗之事,鸡毛蒜皮的故事

n.名词 noun

1
- : an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.

nouninteresting but unbelievable story

Synonyms

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
Whatever the FBI says, the truthers will create alternative hypotheses that try to challenge the ‘official story.’
The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.