"fish story" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fish stories [plural]
Etymology: From the generally held belief that fishermen tend to exaggerate the size of their catch. Unrelated to the figurative sense of fishy. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fish story (plural fish stories)
  1. An exaggerated or boastful story. Synonyms: fish tale, tall tale Related terms: cock-and-bull story, shaggy-dog story, traveller's tale, whopper Translations (exaggerated or boastful story): kalavale (Finnish), kalajuttu (Finnish), Seemannsgarn (German), fiskeskrøne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), história de pescador [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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