Two shakes of a lamb's tail or the shortened version of "two shakes" means something will be done right away, quickly. Here's the situation, you walk into a store and ask for an item that has to be retrieved from the back room. The sales person could say something like, "I'll be back in two shakes".
Nothing. You may mean "spin a yarn," which means to tell a tale or story.
This isn't an idiom. Telling a story means to speak and relay a tale - which can be a true one or a false one.
tale mean une histoire in French
That refers to a tale, which is a story, and not a tail, which an animal has at the end of its back. A fisherman's tale is a made up story, like a fisherman might tell either to brag or to pass the time.
It's actually the tale of the tape, it refers to the tale told by the measuring tape, reach, height, etc.
The idiom "leave a trail of breadcrumbs" refers to the act of providing hints or clues that guide someone to a desired outcome or destination. It is often used in contexts where one is trying to help someone navigate a complex situation or find their way back to a specific point. The phrase is derived from the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel, where the characters leave breadcrumbs to find their way home.
A fictional novel is another word for a lengthy story.
"conte" is "tale" in English, "conte de fée" is "fairy tale".Like tale (to tell), etymologically, it was an oral story.The French verbs conter and raconter mean telling a story.
A yarn is a story or tall tale. If you embroider a tale, you embellish or add onto it.
Mean Moe's Fairy Tale - 1963 - TV was released on: USA: 22 August 1963
Mean Moe's Fairy Tale - 1963 TV was released on: USA: 22 August 1963
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