tall tale

柯林斯詞典

tall tale (also tall story) (tall tales)

• 1. N-COUNT A tall tale is a long and complicated story that is difficult to believe because most of the events it describes seem unlikely or impossible. 荒誕不經(jīng)的故事

  ...the imaginative tall tales of sailors. ...水手們富有想像力的奇聞異事。

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