"tall story" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 離奇的故事
• 誇大的故事

Definition

「tall story」是指誇張或難以置信的故事，常用來娛樂或給人留下深刻印象。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「tall story」屬於非正式用語，多用於幽默或懷疑的場合，類似中文“離奇的故事”或“編故事”。常用於對難以置信內容的回應。

Examples

He told us a tall story about fighting a giant fish.

他跟我們說了一個關於和大魚搏鬥的**離奇的故事**。

That sounds like a tall story to me.

聽起來像是個**誇大的故事**。

Don't believe everything he says—he likes telling a tall story.

別全信他說的話—他很喜歡說**離奇的故事**。

When he said he'd run a marathon in two hours, I knew it was just a tall story.

他說他兩小時跑完馬拉松，我就知道那只是個**誇大的故事**。

She always comes up with a tall story whenever her homework's late.

每次功課遲交，她總會編出一個**離奇的故事**。

It was such a tall story that everyone in the room burst out laughing.

那個**誇大的故事**太離譜了，大家都笑了出來。