ALL meanings of cock-and-bull story
cock-and-bull story
C c - countable noun cock-and-bull story If you describe something that someone tells you as a cock-and-bull story, you mean that you do not believe it is true. 3
- noun cock-and-bull story an obviously improbable story, esp a boastful one or one used as an excuse 3
- noun cock-and-bull story an absurd, improbable story 3
- noun cock-and-bull story an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story. 1
- noun cock-and-bull story far-fetched account 1
- noun cock-and-bull story (Idiomatic) A far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity. 0