Idiom
throw the bull
Meaning
To chat idly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We sat on the porch to throw the bull for an hour.”
“After the long meeting finished, the coworkers stayed behind to throw the bull about their weekend plans.”
“The old fishermen gathered at the docks every morning to throw the bull, sharing tall tales while they mended their nets.”
Examples
simple
“We sat on the porch to throw the bull for an hour.”
contextual
“After the long meeting finished, the coworkers stayed behind to throw the bull about their weekend plans.”
complex
“The old fishermen gathered at the docks every morning to throw the bull, sharing tall tales while they mended their nets.”
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