cock-and-bull story
cock-and-bull story
Definition
cock·-and-bull· story (käk′ən bo̵ol′)
noun
an absurd, improbable story
Etymology: for earlier cockalane < Fr (saillir du) coq en l'âne, lit., (to jump from) the cock to the donkey
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