likely story



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likely story

An exclamation of distrust or disbelief in someone's explanation or story. Albert: "Sorry I'm late. My car broke down half way here!" Sarah: "Yeah, likely story! I bet you just wanted to finish watching the football game on TV."
See also: likely, story

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yana-Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Ditte-Danish
Orel-Hebrew
AscensiÓNah-then-SYON (Spanish), ah-sen-SYON (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
PlatoPLAY-to (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Alvy['ælvi]