tall tale in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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tale [Am teɪl, Brit teɪl] N

tale
cuento m
tale
relato m
I could tell you a tale or two about him!
¡si yo te contara lo que sé de él!
her black eye told its own tale
ese ojo morado hablaba por sí solo or ya lo decía todo
we nearly didn't live to tell the tale
casi no contamos el cuento inf
we nearly didn't live to tell the tale
casi no lo contamos Spain inf
he was mauled by a lion and lived to tell the tale
fue atacado por un león y salió con vida
he was mauled by a lion and lived to tell the tale
fue atacado por un león y pudo contar el cuento inf
ah, now, thereby hangs a tale
ah, eso es toda una historia
to tell tales used by or to children
contar chismes or cuentos
I don't want to hear if you've just come to tell tales
no me vengas con chismes or cuentos que no quiero saber nada
that's not true: you're telling tales!
¡mentira! ¡eso es un cuento chino! inf
to tell tales out of school
andar con chismes or cuentos

tall <taller tallest> [Am tɔl, Brit tɔːl] ADJ

tall tale in the PONS Dictionary

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Each one has a very tall tale to tell.
www.nhregister.com
They're just the trappings of how a tragic accident became a tall tale.
www.isciencetimes.com
It sounds like a tall tale, but it was real.
www.cnet.com
Each group of workers had its own tall tale hero.
learningenglish.voanews.com
This tall tale may reassure the barons in the ivory tower that they need no longer fear the barbarians at the gate.
www.evolutionnews.org
He does have one thing, though, that only an elite group can claim: a legendary story that reads like a tall tale.
gawker.com
It can (and often does) involve a pint, but it's more about people getting together and enjoying music or a tall tale.
news.nationalpost.com
Now that is already a tall tale of the imagination.
www.huffingtonpost.com
What was left was a really tall tale that was also long in the tooth, about an ill-advised scientific experiment gone woefully wrong.
entertainment.inquirer.net
A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual.
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