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1 bajka
fairy-tale, cock and bull story* * *• tale• legend• fairy-tale• fairy tale• folktale• fable• fiction -
2 izmišljen
pp & adj invented, fabricated, made--up, trumped-up; (nepostojeći) fictitious, bogus, fictional, apocryphal I -o ime fictitious name; -a (nevjerojatna) priča cock-and-bull story* * *• fabricated• fictitious• fanciful• fictive• imaginary• made-up• made up• mythical -
3 izmišljotina
f fabrication, concoction (of lies), trumped-up story, cock-and-bull story, coll tall story I širiti -e spread fabrications/ /myths/tales; čista -a pure fabrication/myth/ /fantasy, absolute fiction; gruba -a crude fabrication; novinarska -a (patka) canard* * *• tale• invention• lie• figment• fib• flam• concoction• artifice• make
См. также в других словарях:
cock-and-bull — cockˈ and bullˈ adjective (of a story) fabricated and incredible • • • Main Entry: ↑cock … Useful english dictionary
Cock and Bull — This article is about the book. For the 2006 film, see A Cock and Bull Story. For the expression, see Coaching inn#Cock and Bull. Cock and Bull … Wikipedia
cock and bull — [B] nonsense, bull, BS [B] Don t believe that cock and bull story about Bigfoot … English idioms
cock and bull — adj. Cock and bull is used with these nouns: ↑story … Collocations dictionary
Cock and bull — untrue ( cock and bull story ) … Dictionary of Australian slang
cock and bull — Australian Slang untrue ( cock and bull story ) … English dialects glossary
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
