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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kala (2)	-	Hawaiian
Paca	PAH-kah	Spanish
Ludo	-	Dutch
Ragnarr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Jelena	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian
LÍGia	-	Portuguese