a cock-and-bull story

(informal)

a story or explanation which is obviously not true She told me some cock-and-bull story about her car breaking down.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ulrikke	-	Norwegian, Danish
Bobby	BAH-bee	English
Ziegler	['zi:glə]
Pavla	-	Czech, Slovene
Manuel	mah-NWEL (Spanish), man-oo-EL (Portuguese), MAHN-oo-el (German)	Spanish, Portuguese, German, English, Italian, French, Romanian, Late Greek (Latinized)
Zinoviya	-	Russian