tall tale



tall tale

A fanciful or greatly exaggerated story, as in Some youngsters love tall tales about creatures from outer space coming to earth. This idiom uses tall in the sense of "exaggerated." [Mid-1800s]
See also: tale, tall

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JoakimYO-ah-kim (Swedish), YO-ah-keem (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian
Ora (2)-Hebrew
Arnaldo-Italian
Sierrasee-ER-əEnglish (Modern)
Evan['evɚn]
Gus (2)GUSGreek