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1 panzana
panzana s.f. lie, fib; tall story: racconta sempre un sacco di panzane!, he always tells a lot of cock and bull stories!* * *[pan'tsana]sostantivo femminile cock-and-bull story, tall story* * *panzana/pan'tsana/sostantivo f.cock-and-bull story, tall story. -
2 cantafavola
cantafavola s.f.1 interminable story2 ( storia inverosimile) yarn, cock-and-bull story, tall story. -
3 bufala
bufala s.f.1 (zool.) cow buffalo*3 ( notizia priva di fondamento) fabrication, cock-and-bull story, canard4 (fig. scherz.) ( cosa di scarsa qualità) rubbish: dopo tante bufale, finalmente un buon film, after all the rubbish, finally a good film.* * *['bufala]sostantivo femminile1) zool. cow buffalo*2) gerg. (notizia infondata) false rumour BE, false rumor AE, hoax3) scherz. (errore madornale) blunder* * *bufala/'bufala/sostantivo f.1 zool. cow buffalo*3 scherz. (errore madornale) blunder.
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cock and bull story — UK US noun [countable] [singular cock and bull story plural cock and bull stories] informal a story that is silly and difficult to believe Thesaurus: types of story or play … Useful english dictionary
cock-and-bull story — {n. phr.} An exaggerated or unbelievable story. * / Stop feeding me such cock and bull stories, the detective said to the suspect./ … Dictionary of American idioms
cock-and-bull story — {n. phr.} An exaggerated or unbelievable story. * / Stop feeding me such cock and bull stories, the detective said to the suspect./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Cock and bull story — Cock Cock (k[o^]k), n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. [1913 Webster] 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cock-and-bull story — cock and bull stories N COUNT If you describe something that someone tells you as a cock and bull story, you mean that you do not believe it is true. [INFORMAL] Was it him who made you come to us with this cock and bull story? … English dictionary
cock and bull story — A cock and bull story is a lie someone tells that is completely unbelievable … The small dictionary of idiomes
cock-and-bull story — [käk′ən bool′] n. [for earlier cockalane < Fr ( saillir du) coq en l âne, lit., (to jump from) the cock to the donkey] an absurd, improbable story … English World dictionary
cock-and-bull story — cock and bull ,story noun count a story that is very silly and difficult to believe … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cock and bull story — ► NOUN informal ▪ a ridiculous and implausible story … English terms dictionary
cock-and-bull story — noun an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse • Syn: ↑fairytale, ↑fairy tale, ↑fairy story, ↑song and dance • Hypernyms: ↑fib, ↑story, ↑tale, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
cock and bull story — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cock and bull story : singular cock and bull story plural cock and bull stories informal a story that is silly and difficult to believe … English dictionary