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Banbury story of a cock and a bullA roundabout, nonsensical story.Rate it:

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same old storyWhat usually happens, a happening which is not surprising.Rate it:

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sob storyA sad story told to make others feel sympathy for the teller.Rate it:

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horror storyAn unpleasant or distressing experience told as a story.Rate it:

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it's a long storyThe situation is too embarrassing to talk about.Rate it:

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a story written is shorter than a novel and longer than a fableable.A story written is shorter than a novel and longer than a fable.Rate it:

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cock-and-bull storyA far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity.Rate it:

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cool story broUsed to dismiss a comment perceived as boring or pointless, or an anecdote etc. that is not true.Rate it:

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it's a long storyThe situation is too complicated or extensive to talk about.Rate it:

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long story shortIntroducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story.Rate it:

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scare storyA rumour spread by a scaremonger in order to cause anxiety.Rate it:

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suite (of a serial story or article)Continuation; Continued.Rate it:

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the story goesThe story is usually depicted as follows.Rate it:

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a page turnerA story, a book, an article of great interest can become a page turner.Rate it:

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come full circleTo complete a cycle of transition, returning to the point of origin.Rate it:

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incunabula doctrinaethe origin, first beginnings of learning.Rate it:

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stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:

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bury the leadTo begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.Rate it:

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make outTo fabricate a story.Rate it:

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bend somebody's earSorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.Rate it:

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bend the truthTo change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.Rate it:

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a dark horseHaving Nothing To Do With The Color Of A Fantasy Horse, Rather An Expression Of A Winner, A Success Story, A Triumph Suddenly Developing, Revealing Itself All In A Positive Manner:Rate it:

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PMOYSInitialism of put me on your story.Rate it:

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shotgunA one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line. Mostly heard in the southern United States.Rate it:

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spin a yarnTo tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched.Rate it:

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a tear jerkerA movie, book or story that is sad and causes one to cry.Rate it:

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a whopperReference a statement, action, prevarication, story, hooked fish, enlarged or magnified presentation.Rate it:

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and finallyA light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing.Rate it:

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art imitates lifeThe observation that a creative work was inspired by true events; based on a true story.Rate it:

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c'est le refrain de la balladeIt is the old story over again.Rate it:

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c'est toujours la même rengaine (fam.)It is always the same old story.Rate it:

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c'est un conte de sa façonIt is a story of his own invention.Rate it:

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cette nouvelle n'est qu'un canardThat story is all humbug.Rate it:

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change one's tuneTo change one's story.Rate it:

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crack-upOne can 'crack-up' emotionally with laughter or tears as a result of an observation, a joke, a story, a scene, a sequence in a movie, opera, stage play or animal, baby or children;s antics:Rate it:

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DNAThat part of a person's character that has a genetic origin.Rate it:

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en deux motsTo cut a long story short.Rate it:

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en voilà une bonne! (i.e. plaisanterie); elle est bonne, celle-là!Oh! what a good joke! “What a cram!” That’s rather a tall story.Rate it:

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end ofA short form of end of story.Rate it:

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fait diversnews storyRate it:

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film at 11the video footage of a breaking news story will be screened later that evening.Rate it:

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fons et caput (vid. sect. III., note caput...)source, origin.Rate it:

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fudge the factsSomeone who complains constantly but does not tell the straight story.Rate it:

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full-blownThe Whole Enchilada, 'Whole Thing', 'Fully Explained', 'Whole StoryRate it:

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funny moneyBills of any foreign currency or of counterfeit origin.Rate it:

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give rise toTo be the origin of; to produce; to result in.Rate it:

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gupi or guppyIt’s when you suspect a person to be lying or faking it until they make it. Purely full of shit. They smellin’ kinda fishy!! So can use GUPI to mean Guilty Until Prove Innocent or to mean that you’re not buying the story.Rate it:

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haec ex eodem fonte fluunt, manantthese things have the same origin.Rate it:

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hard and fastAn expression of maritime origin. The vessel lodged hard and fast. Hard-grounded upon the hidden reef! An individual expressing an extreme tightly held position relative the topic at hand.Rate it:

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hearken backTo go back to something as an origin or source.Rate it:

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