fish story

fish 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, highfalutin, highfaluting, hot air, legal fiction, lie, little white lie, mendacity, pious fiction, prevarication, slight stretching, story, tale, tall story, tall tale, tall talk, taradiddle, trumped-up story, untruth, white lie, yarn

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  • Fish story — Fish Fish, n.; pl. {Fishes} (f[i^]sh [e^]z), or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fish story — {n. phr.} An unlikely or improbable tale. * /Hunters and fishermen often exaggerate their successes by telling fish stories./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fish story — {n. phr.} An unlikely or improbable tale. * /Hunters and fishermen often exaggerate their successes by telling fish stories./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fish story — ☆ fish story n. [from the conventional exaggeration by fishermen of the size of fish that escaped being caught] Informal an unbelievable story; exaggeration …   English World dictionary

  • Fish Story — Infobox Television episode Title = Fish Story Series = Back to You Caption = Chuck and Ryan look as one of Chuck s fish is electricuted. Season = 1 Episode = 2 Airdate = Start date|2007|09|26 Production = BTY 102 Writer = Dan O Shannon Director …   Wikipedia

  • fish story — AND fish tale n. a great big lie. (Like the fisherman who exaggerates the size of the fish that got away.) □ That’s just a fish story. Tell me another! □ He’s a master at the fish tale. Maybe he should be a politician …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • fish story — noun : an extravagant or incredible story * * * noun, pl ⋯ stories [count] US : an exaggerated story : a story that is so strange or surprising that it seems very unlikely to be true He told a ridiculous fish story about a swarm of giant… …   Useful english dictionary

  • fish story —    a lie or exaggeration    Anglers have a habit of romancing about the size of their catch or the one that got away:     It was an obvious fish story and nobody in the room bought it. (Cussler, 1994) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • fish story — fish′ sto ry n. inf an exaggerated or incredible story • Etymology: from fishermen s stereotypical tendency to exaggerate the size of their catches …   From formal English to slang

  • fish story — noun Etymology: from the traditional exaggeration by fishermen of the size of fish almost caught Date: 1819 an extravagant or incredible story …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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