"fish story" meaning in English

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        "2": "fishy"
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  "etymology_text": "From the generally held belief that fishermen tend to exaggerate the size of their catch. Unrelated to the figurative sense of fishy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fish stories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "expansion": "fish story (plural fish stories)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "An exaggerated or boastful story."
      ],
      "id": "en-fish_story-en-noun-QF0Oo1C-",
      "links": [
        [
          "exaggerated",
          "exaggerated"
        ],
        [
          "boastful",
          "boastful"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cock-and-bull story"
        },
        {
          "word": "shaggy-dog story"
        },
        {
          "word": "traveller's tale"
        },
        {
          "word": "whopper"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fish tale"
        },
        {
          "word": "tall tale"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
          "word": "kalavale"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
          "word": "kalajuttu"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
          "word": "Seemannsgarn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fiskeskrøne"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "história de pescador"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fish story"
}

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        "2": "fishy"
      },
      "expansion": "fishy",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the generally held belief that fishermen tend to exaggerate the size of their catch. Unrelated to the figurative sense of fishy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fish stories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "fish story (plural fish stories)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cock-and-bull story"
    },
    {
      "word": "shaggy-dog story"
    },
    {
      "word": "traveller's tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "whopper"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "An exaggerated or boastful story."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exaggerated",
          "exaggerated"
        ],
        [
          "boastful",
          "boastful"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fish tale"
        },
        {
          "word": "tall tale"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
      "word": "kalavale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
      "word": "kalajuttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
      "word": "Seemannsgarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiskeskrøne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exaggerated or boastful story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "história de pescador"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fish story"
}