n.吹牛，说大话；夸张的故事，荒诞的故事

tall tale───n.吹牛，说大话；夸张的故事，荒诞的故事

tell tales───泄露秘密；揭人隐私；搬弄是非

telltales───信号装置

small talks───闲聊；聊天

tattletales───n.告密者；搬弄是非的人；闲谈者

folk tales───民间故事（folktale的复数）；民间故事集

pale ales───麦酒（一种浅颜色的啤酒）

tag sales───标签出售

tall oils───妥尔油，落尔油

Try telling your tall tales to someone who'll believe you.───试着把这故事告诉给相信你的人吧。

Tall tales have a certain sameness.───荒诞不经的故事有点千篇一律。

Only small children could believe his tall tales about trapping elephants in Africa.───只有小孩才会相信他在非洲诱捕大象的那些荒诞不经的故事。

( Laughter ) So I think that part of his attraction for me was that I loved listening to his tall tales .───（笑）因此我觉得他之所以能吸引我，部分原因是我喜欢听他讲故事。

From colorful tall tales to clever barbs aimed at political opponents, Lincoln clothed a shrewd wit in a homespun, backwoods vernacular.───从于政治对手的目的倒钩丰富多彩高大聪明的故事，林肯在土布衣服一个精明机智，巴克伍兹白话。

Tall tales about panicked speculators leaping to their deaths have become part of the popular lore about the Great Crash.───关于惊恐万分的投机者跳楼自杀的无稽之谈已经成为了大萧条期间最普遍的传说之一了。

They're filled with tall tales and dire warnings about a certain candidate for president.───那些邮件充满了荒诞的故事和对于某位总统候选人的严重警告。

Twain's works, containing some practical jokes, comic details, witty remarks, etc. , And some of them are actually tall tales.───他的作品生动有趣，充盈着实用的笑话，喜剧情节，智慧的语言以及动听的故事。

Puns exasperate after a while , tall tales a certain sameness, misspelling a strain to read.

And yet all his life, his integrity warred with a flair for the theatrical, a fondness for tall tales.

Tall tales have a certain sameness.

He wowed his colleagues after hours with tall tales.