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| English | Russian |
| cock and bull tale | небылица (Bobrovska) |
| cock and bull tale | турусы на колёсах (Bobrovska) |
| cock and bull tale | неправдоподобная история (или cock-and-bull Bobrovska) |
| 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) |