fish tale

a fish tale

A big lie. The phrase alludes to the tendency of fishermen to exaggerate the size of the fish they've caught or lost out on. I'm sure Grandpa is just telling you a fish tale—there's no way all of that's true!
See also: fish, tale
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fish tale

verb
See fish story
See also: fish, tale
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a fish story
  • a fish tale
  • be pushing up (the) daisies
  • be pushing up daisies
  • be pushing up the daisies
  • answer the bell
  • be straining at the leash
  • Abraham
  • Abraham's bosom
  • be as safe as houses
References in periodicals archive
Fish Brewing Company of Olympia, WA, brewers of Fish Tale Organic Amber Ale, has announced the release of Fish Tale Winterfish Seasonal Ale in draft and in six-packs of twelveounce bottles.
Horton says that Fish Tale Ales brewed the first Vintage of Poseidon's Imperial Stout in 1999.
Festival attendees will be able to sample other ales from Fish Brewing, including the original Fish Tale Organic I.P.A., Fish Tale Organic Amber, and the Organic River Run Rye Seasonal Ale.
The 2001 vintage Old Woody is the latest oak aged beer in the special Fish Tale Ales "Artist Series." Like the award winning Poseidon's Imperial Stout and Leviathan Barleywine, Old Woody has been brewed to a robust 10.0% alcohol by volume, aged in oak wine casks for at least six months, and then bottle conditioned.
These include the original Fish Tale Organic I.P.A., Fish Tale Organic Amber, and the Organic River Run Rye, in addition to Leavenworth's Hodgson's India Pale Ale, Whistling Pig Hefeweizen and Blind Pig Dunkel Weizen.
The Fish Brewing Company of Olympia, WA,, brewers of Fish Tale Ales and Leavenworth Beers, has announced the release of the arrival of the latest Vintage in the company's "Artist Series" of oak-aged and bottle-conditioned beers.
Wild Salmon Ale and Fish Tale Organic Ale will also be served.
The Fish Brewing Company of Olympia, WA, has announced the timely release of Fish Tale Organic Amber Ale, the first certified organic product from the brewery.
'The good news is that the Levity's selection of wood-fired dishes can be ordered from the Fishbowl Pub and enjoyed with an imperial pint of Fish Tale Ale while viewing the brewery's operations from the pub," Horton said.
Caption: Fish Tale Croatian immigrant Martin Bogdanovich (1) emigrated to America and, in 1917, set up a sardine company that morphed into the tuna-canning empire of StarKist (2).
Fish Tale Waterfront Dining in Fort Myers Beach and Traders Restaurant in Sanibel were personal highlights, offering seafood caught from the waters only miles away from where we were dining.
By the end, this fish tale is really about fatherhood as McPhee's dad suffers a stroke in a Baltimore County hospital.
An adaptation (by me) of the Golden Fish tale is separated into three sections for the students to put on three pages.
The tracks are "Jump and Jive" (2:56), "Wiggle and Workout" (3:35), "Barnyard Hoedown" (3:33), "Do My Part" (3:44), "Jumping Beans" (2:45), "Five Green and Speckled Frogs" (2:39), "Grandma's Kitchen Band" (2:30), "Follow the Leader" (3:18), "Legs" (4:10), "Fish Tale" (4:49), "Shakin' Things Up" (2:36), and "I Love Mommy" (2:37).
It's called fish tale, but it could just as easily be called sunshine - because seeing it is exactly like the sun coming out.