(scare stories)
A ~ is something that is said or written to make people feel frightened and think that a situation is much more unpleasant or dangerous than it really is.
He described talk of sackings as scare stories.
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(scare stories)
A ~ is something that is said or written to make people feel frightened and think that a situation is much more unpleasant or dangerous than it really is.
He described talk of sackings as scare stories.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012