Translations for „shaggy dog story“ in the English » German Dictionary

shag·gy ˈdog sto·ry N

shaggy dog story

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So is this proof that your pooch can protect your children from illness or more of a shaggy dog story?

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Both had an aspect of the shaggy dog story about them.

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Our writer unravels this shaggy dog story...

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This kind of anticlimax is similar to that of the shaggy dog story.

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And the fact that the "political thriller" ends up being the world's shaggiest shaggy dog story is just part of the problem.

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Ultimately, the miniseries is a shaggy dog story.

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A shaggy dog story with a very distinctive flavour.

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The joke format is extremely similar to a shaggy dog story.

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Here's a shaggy dog story without a shaggy dog.

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And so while it's a shaggy dog story, it maintains a certain integrity.

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