fish story
zelfstandig naamwoord
Roget 549:
exaggeration;
expansion
etc.
194;
hyperbole,
stretch,
strain,
coloring;
high coloring,
caricature,
caricatura†;
extravagance
etc.
(nonsense)
497;
Baron Munchausen;
men in buckram,
yarn,
fringe,
embroidery,
traveler's tale;
fish story,
gooseberry [Slang].
storm in a teacup;
much ado about nothing
etc.
(overestimation)
482;
puff,
puffery
etc.
(boasting)
884;
rant
etc.
(turgescence)
577†.
figure of speech,
facon de parler [Fr.];
stretch of fancy,
stretch of the imagination;
flight of fancy
etc.
(imagination)
515.
false coloring
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
aggravation
etc.
835.
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