tall tale

The essence of the tall tale was that it was told.

重要的是，这样的离奇故事到处都在讲。

the end of this lesson, you will be able to tell a tall tale.

本课结束，你将能够会吹牛。

The tall tale , which had been popular in America since Colonial days , spread west to reach inspired heights of mendacity .

荒诞不经的故事，在殖民地时期即已风行美国，一路向西延展，到达了虚伪的极度。

sort with its gorgeous metaphors, became in its burlesque moments a variant of the tall tale.

政治演说，尤其是充满华丽比喻，宣扬国威的那一种，发展到可笑的程度，就成了荒诞故事的变体。

These realistic details set us up for the tall-tale exaggeration of the weather being so hot that corn started to pop.

这些现实的细节设置为我们高大的童话夸张的天气如此炎热，玉米开始流行。

For those of you who love a tall tale, the list of genetic variations that determine human height has just experienced a growth spurt.

你们当中那些喜欢天方夜谭的人，决定人类身高的一系列遗传性变异刚刚经历一次高发期。

The woman's story of survival after going 20 days without food sounds like a tall tale to me.

那个女人在没有食物的情况下存活20天的故事在我看来令人难以置信。

But tall-tale-tellers have never hesitated to rewrite Lincoln's biography.

但是叙述故事的人从未犹豫重写林肯的传记。

Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale. "

今天，我们讲一个传统的美国故事称为“高的故事。”

So, as the song goes, do short people really have no reason to live, or is that a tall tale?

因此，正如那首歌里唱到的，个子矮的人是不是真的没有活下去的理由了？还是这真的夸大其词了？

Joke and tall tale tellers play with language.

高大的笑话和故事监票发挥语言。

Exaggeration is what makes a tall tale.

构成荒诞不经的故事是夸张手法。

In America, there is a traditional story called a "tall tale" .

在美国，有一个传统的故事叫做：吹牛皮。

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