cockamamie story

A story that is absurd or ridiculous. Please don't get involved if he tells you another cockamamie story of how you'll get rich quick working on his latest invention—you know they never pan out. When I asked Tommy why he didn't have his book report to hand in, he gave me some cockamamie story about it flying into the fireplace last night.

词组	cockamamie story
释义	cockamamie story cockamamie story A story that is absurd or ridiculous. Please don't get involved if he tells you another cockamamie story of how you'll get rich quick working on his latest invention—you know they never pan out. When I asked Tommy why he didn't have his book report to hand in, he gave me some cockamamie story about it flying into the fireplace last night. See also: cockamamie, story Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: a sting in the tail sting in the tail bedtime bedtime story have whiskers scare story tale never loses in the telling a tale never loses in the telling it's a long story not believe a word of it
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