🐂 Bull
"A cock-and-bull story"
Meaning
A silly and unbelievable excuse.
About the bull
Bulls are large, forceful, and associated with market trading, which is why their idioms describe stubbornness, aggression, or reckless charging ahead.
Example sentence
He told a cock-and-bull story about a goat eating his homework.
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Which idiom means...
A silly and unbelievable excuse.
More bull idioms
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"A bull in a china shop"
A person who is careless in a delicate situation.
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"Take the bull by the horns"
To face a difficult problem directly.
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"Have a bull by the tail"
To be involved in a difficult problem that is hard to control.
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"A cock-and-bull story"
A silly and unbelievable excuse.
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"Grasp the bull by the horns"
To face a difficult problem directly.
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"Lock horns"
To argue or fight strongly.