FISH STORY

Meaning of FISH STORY in English

Informal.

an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.

[ 1810-20, Amer. ]

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FISH STORY — noun Etymology: from the traditional exaggeration by fishermen of the size of fish almost caught Date: 1819 an extravagant or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FISH STORY — noun : an extravagant or incredible story
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FISH STORY — n. (Informal) fabrication, bluff; exaggerated story
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FISH STORY — Etymology: from the traditional exaggeration by fishermen of the size of fish almost caught Date: 1819 : an extravagant or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FISH STORY — Function: noun Etymology: from the traditional exaggeration by fishermen of the size of fish almost caught Date: 1819 : an …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FISH STORY — [fish story] n [fr. the traditional exaggeration by fishermen of the size of fish almost caught] (1819): an extravagant or …
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FISH STORY — {n. phr.} An unlikely or improbable tale. * /Hunters and fishermen often exaggerate their successes by telling fish stories./
Slang English vocab
FISH STORY — {n. phr.} An unlikely or improbable tale. * /Hunters and fishermen often exaggerate their successes by telling fish stories./
Словарь английских идиом
FISH STORY — n. phr. An unlikely or improbable tale. Hunters and fishermen often exaggerate their successes by telling fish stories.
American Idioms English vocabulary
FISH STORY — 'охотничий рассказ'; преувеличение, небылицы выдумка; безбожное вранье; охотничий рассказ
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FISH STORY — шутл. выдумка; безбожное враньё; охотничий рассказ
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FISH STORY — 'охотничий рассказ'; преувеличение, небылицы
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FISH STORY — шутл. выдумка; безбожное враньё; ≅ охотничий рассказ
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FISH STORY — шутл. выдумка; безбожное враньё; охотничий рассказ
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FISH STORY — n. небылицы, охотничий рассказ
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FISH STORY — n. небылицы, охотничий рассказ
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FISH STORY — 'охотничий рассказ'; преувеличение, небылицы
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FISH STORY — 'охотничий рассказ'; преувеличение, небылицы
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FISH STORY — 'охотничий рассказ'; преувеличение, небылицы
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FISH STORY — 'охотничий рассказ'; преувеличение, небылицы
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FISH STORY — 'охотничий рассказ'; преувеличение, небылицы выдумка; безбожное вранье; охотничий рассказ
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STORY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) detective story horror story mystery story short story {{link=Story Joseph">Story Joseph
Английский словарь Британика
FISH — I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold-blooded vertebrate s found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species …
Английский словарь Британика
STORY — I. ˈstōrē, ˈstȯrē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English storie, from Old French estorie, estoire, from Latin historia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
STORY — story 1 — storyless , adj. /stawr"ee, stohr"ee/ , n. , pl. stories , v. , storied, storying . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FISH — — fishless , adj. /fish/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) fish , ( esp. referring to two …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STORY — noun a euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. 2. story ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
FISH — pl of fish. 2. fish ·noun the flesh of fish, used as food. 3. fish ·noun a counter, used in …
Webster English vocab
STORY — [sto.ry] n, pl stories [ME storie, fr. OF estorie, fr. L historia--more at history] (13c) 1 archaic: history 1, 3 …
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FISH — [fish] n, pl fish or fish.es often attrib [ME, fr. OE fisc; akin to OHG fisc fish, L piscis] (bef. …
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Britannica English vocabulary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past course …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FISH — n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past course …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FISH — n. & v. n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STORY — 1. n. (pl. -ies) 1. an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past …
Oxford English vocab
FISH — 1. n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1. a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FISH — ( fish, or fishes, fishes, fishing, fished) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FISH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fish pond a fishing boat ▪ The fishing boats go out to sea …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STORY — (DESCRIPTION) [noun] [C] - a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series of events and, often, the characters …
Cambridge English vocab
FISH — n. fish farming fish duck fish hawk archer fish blind fish bony fish fish poisoning Fish Hamilton flying fish Great …
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FISH — Synonyms and related words : C, C-note, Chinook salmon, G, G-note, Loch Ness monster, Sunapee trout, aerial torpedo, albacore, alevin, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STORY — See ↑ NEWS 3, ↑ STORY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ (a) likely story • ↑ funny story • ↑ hard-luck …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
STORY — n. 25B6; noun an adventure story : TALE, narrative, account, anecdote; informal yarn, spiel. See list. the novel has a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STORY — n. 1 narrative, tale, recounting, anecdote, yarn; account, recital, chronicle, record, history; legend, myth, fairy tale or story, romance, gest …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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STORY — story.ogg _I ʹstɔ:rı n 1. повесть; рассказ short story - рассказ, новелла good /funny/ story - анекдот blue off-colour story …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STORY — _I ʹstɔ:rı n 1. повесть; рассказ short story - рассказ, новелла good /funny/ story - анекдот blue off-colour story - …
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