Codswallop Meaning in English

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التعريف

Codswallop is a British informal word meaning nonsense or something that is not true.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Codswallop' is informal and mostly British; rarely used in American English. Often used to reject someone's opinion or story. Similar to 'nonsense', 'rubbish' or 'hogwash', but slightly humorous or old-fashioned.

• Spanish: disparate - tonterías
• Portuguese (BR): asneira - besteira
• Portuguese (PT): disparate - asneira
• Chinese (Simplified): 胡说八道 - 废话
• Chinese (Traditional): 胡說八道 - 廢話
• Hindi: बकवास
• Arabic: هراء - كلام فارغ
• Bengali: বাজে কথা - আজেবাজে কথা
• Russian: чепуха - ерунда - вздор
• Japanese: でたらめ - ばかげたこと
• Vietnamese: nhảm nhí - vớ vẩn
• Korean: 터무니없는 소리 - 헛소리
• Turkish: zırva - saçmalık
• Urdu: بکواس - فضول بات
• Indonesian: omong kosong - ngomong ngaco

جمل نموذجية

What he said about aliens is complete codswallop.

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Your idea sounds like codswallop to me.

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Come on, that’s absolute codswallop and you know it!

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I can’t believe people fall for that kind of codswallop every time.

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You really think he met the Queen? That’s pure codswallop.

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Don’t believe that story, it’s just codswallop.

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