Meaning of tall tale | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

tɔːl ˈteɪl

Definitions

Български лъжа́

Bosanski bajka meše бајка

Čeština báchorka bajka

Deutsch dick aufgetragene Geschichte Märchengeschichte Phantasterei Räuberpistole Seemannsgarn Spinnerei

Ελληνικά παραμύθι

Español cuento chino patraña

Suomi kalajuttu

Français galéjade histoire à dormir debout

Gaeilge abhóg scéal áibhéalach

Galego baiura

हिन्दी दंतकथा

Hrvatski bajka meše бајка

Magyar füllentés mese

Íslenska ýkjusaga

Italiano balla fandonia panzana storiellina

日本語ほら話駄法螺

Македонски бајка

Nederlands sterk verhaal

Polski baśń opowieść z mchu i paproci opowieści dziwnej treści

Português conto da carochinha conversa fiada história de pescador história para boi dormir

Русский байка враньё небыли́ца

Српски bajka meše бајка

Svenska rövarhistoria

“He returned on Monday with a tall tale about a 100-pound fish he had caught.”

“The head-in-sand idea is a threadbare, 2,000-year-old hand-me-down from the Roman naturalist Pliny, who sometimes passed on tall tales.”

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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