Cock-and-bull story
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でたらめな話, 信じがたい話
a story that seems impossible, particularly one that is used as an excuse
Humorous
Idiom
Informal
例
His excuse for missing work was nothing more than a cock-and-bull story about an alien abduction.
仕事を休んだ彼の言い訳は、宇宙人による拉致についての でたらめな話 に過ぎなかった。
