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Banbury story of a cock and a bull

idiom

A roundabout, nonsensical story.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    beat the cock

    To masturbate.

  2. 02

    break the story

    To be the first to address or publicize an issue, often a news story.

  3. 03

    bull in a china shop

    A person who is clumsy, aggressive, without care, concern or self-control.

  4. 04

    bull session

    An informal discursive group discussion, often one where politics, economics or current events are discussed.

  5. 05

    change one's story

    To give an account of events different from the one previously recounted.

  6. 06

    cock a snook

    To perform a snook, a gesture of disrespect.

  7. 07

    cock cheese

    Smegma or dried semen on the glans penis, usually underneath the foreskin.

  8. 08

    cock in the henhouse

    A man in a situation where he has access to many women, presumably intending to seduce them.

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