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# tall tale

phrase (noun phrase; a tall tale, tall tales)

«tall tale» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. a story that is hard to believe, exaggerated or made up.
2. (literature) a funny folk story with impossible events, such as stories of giants and heroes in American folklore.

### In the lessons

Used in everyday talk to say a story is untrue, and in school literature as a genre; everyday, all regions.

### Examples

- Grandpa's tall tale about wrestling a bear made us laugh.
- Paul Bunyan stories are famous tall tales.
- That's a tall tale; nobody can run that fast.
- We wrote our own tall tales in English.
- The fisherman told tall tales about the one that got away.
- "Is this another of your tall tales?" asked Mum.

### Note

"Tall" here means hard to believe, not high. Genre in school: tall tales use huge exaggeration on purpose.