Idiom
tall story
Meaning
Synonym of tall tale (“a tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth”).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He told a tall story about catching a giant fish.”
“Nobody believed his tall story about meeting a famous actor at the local grocery store.”
“The explorer regaled the tavern with a tall story concerning hidden gold, though most listeners dismissed his claims as pure fabrication.”
Examples
simple
“He told a tall story about catching a giant fish.”
contextual
“Nobody believed his tall story about meeting a famous actor at the local grocery store.”
complex
“The explorer regaled the tavern with a tall story concerning hidden gold, though most listeners dismissed his claims as pure fabrication.”
Origin
From tall (“exaggerated”) + story.
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