cock-and-bull story

A wildly exaggerated or falsified story or explanation. When I questioned Wendy about her recent tardiness, she gave me some cock-and-bull story about how her train took the wrong track and she had to hitchhike to work from the station across town.

cock-and-bull story

a hard-to-believe, made-up story; a story that is a lie. Don't give me that cock-and-bull story. I asked for an explanation, and all I got was your ridiculous cock-and-bull story!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vulcan	VUL-kən (English)	Roman Mythology
Adi (2)	-	Indonesian
Efemena	-	Western African, Urhobo
Siri	SEE-ree (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Eutimio	-	Spanish, Italian
Bat-Sheva	-	Biblical Hebrew