cock-and-bull story
Meaning
Noun
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Origin
- Unknown. The phrase is noted as similar in meaning and form to French coq-à-l'âne which was borrowed into Scots as cockalane.
- Theories of the term's ultimate origin include allusions to stories which feature talking animals and that the term refers to gossip typical of what were historically two coaching inns, The Cock and The Bull, in Stony Stratford, England.
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