Idiom
draw the long bow
Meaning
To exaggerate; to tell tall tales.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He often draws the long bow when telling stories about his fishing trips.”
“I think he is drawing the long bow when he claims he met a famous actor at the local grocery store.”
“While his account of the expedition was entertaining, the seasoned explorers knew he was drawing the long bow regarding the size of the creatures he encountered.”
Examples
simple
“He often draws the long bow when telling stories about his fishing trips.”
contextual
“I think he is drawing the long bow when he claims he met a famous actor at the local grocery store.”
complex
“While his account of the expedition was entertaining, the seasoned explorers knew he was drawing the long bow regarding the size of the creatures he encountered.”
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