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| English | Russian |
| be ten feet tall | море по колено (VLZ_58) |
| stand tall | нависать колокольней (о позе Abysslooker) |
| tall tale | неправдоподобная история (My uncle claims that he was raised in a drainage ditch, but it's just another of his tall tales. Val_Ships) |
| tall tale | лапша на уши (a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual Val_Ships) |
| tell tall tales | вешать лапшу на уши |
| wider than he is tall | поперёк себя шире (said of an obese person VLZ_58) |