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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

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n.名词 noun
  1. 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.

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Examples

  • 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.