cock and bull story

cock and bull story

美 　英

• n.荒唐的解释；荒诞的借口
• 网络无稽之谈；荒诞拳击手；鬼话连篇

英汉解释

n.	1. a story that is silly and difficult to believe

例句

You fed Draco Malfoy some cock-and-bull story about a dragon, trying to get him out of bed and into trouble.

你们凭空编出一套谎话告诉德拉科马尔福，说有一条龙什么的，想把他从床上骗出来，害他倒霉。

The teacher warned the boy that if he heard any more of his cock and bull story, he would be severely punished.

老师警告那个男孩说，如果他再听到他胡说八道，他将受到严惩。

What he said is but a cock-and bull story.

他说的就是个荒唐的故事。

I asked him why he was late and he gave me a cock and bull story about being stopped by a UFO.

我问他为什么迟到，他却编了个什么被不明飞行物挡住去路的荒诞无稽的故事！

She couldn't pay her debt; instead she told me a cock and bull story about having been robed.

她还不了债，遂编了弥天大谎骗我说她遭劫了。

Victor arrived late and told us some cock and bull story about his train catching fire.

维克多迟到了，他给我们编造了他所坐的火车着火的胡话。

It's merely a cock and bull story , not interesting at all.

这只是一个荒诞的故事而已，一点也没有趣。

He admitted that he had invented a cock and bull story .

他承认他编造了一个荒诞不经的故事。

He knows he's in trouble, so he's come up with some cock and bull story

他知道自己肯定麻烦了所以搞出这种狗屁故事来糊弄人