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The meaning of a cock and bull story is that the story is absurd but is told as true.
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What does the idiomatic expression cock-and-bull story mean?
A cock is a rooster, and a bull is a male cow. A cock and bull story is one that is totally false. The meaning is similar to "bulls**t." It's not precisely vulgar, but it's not a totally polite expression either. You'd say "That's a cock and bull story" when someone was trying to convince you and you thought they were lying.
What is a Banbury story of a cock and a bull?
A Banbury story of a cock and a bull is a slang term for a roundabout, nonsensical story.
What does Will mean in Inbetweeners episode 3 by Neil's 'cock and bulls'?
It is short for 'cock and bull story', an exaggerated, fanciful story.
What does cock-and-bull story mean?
It means the story has no basis in fact.A tall tale, a fish story, a load of baloney, a whopper...A lie.
Cock is to hen as bull is to?
cow.
What is the origin of the phrase cock and Bull story?
1621, probably an allusion to Aesop's Fables, direct sourcing unknown. See also French expression 'coq-al'ane' mid. 17th. Cent.Answer:In Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England, there are two old hotels, The Cock and The Bull, which provided rest and refreshment to the travellers using the many stage coaches between London and the North West along the A5. As explained by the Cock Hotel website " travellers staying at the hotel and the adjacent Bull vied with each other in the telling of outrageous 'tales of the road' from whence the famous phrase a Cock and Bull Story derives".____________________Answer:The image of stories told at a British public house is an appealing one (and it's a good one for English tourism), but it's not clear whether this is the real origin of "cock and bull." There is an expression in French, du coq-à -l'âne,which means to change the subject abruptly "from rooster to donkey." It's pretty certain this expression made it to the British Isles, surviving today in Scots as "cockalayne" describing a rambling story. Many word buffs speculate that the real origin might be Aesop's fables, or at least the inspiration they gave to French poet Clément Marot who penned Epistre du Coq en l'Asne in 1531.It has been said that the origins of 'a cock and bull story' come from the tales told by the travelers drinking in 'The Cock' (a pub on Stony Stratford High Street, Buckinghamshire), then moving location across the road to 'The Bull' where the stories would become more exaggerated as the alcohol took effect.
What is the meaning of cock openers?
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What is the significance of the cock in the story?
alcohol
Was there Cock fighting in Shakespeare's time?
Yes, indeed there was, as well as Bear/bull baiting :)
What was the act of 1835 and what affect did it have on cock fighting and bull baiting?
It forbade it. See below link:
Why does mongos bull have yes no on it?
bc he likes the cock. thats what his moms screams during sex
What is meaning of the cock in Telugu?
In Telugu, the word for "cock" (male chicken) is "కోడి" (kodi).
