cock-and-bull story

Etymology
. The phrase is noted as similar in meaning and form to which was borrowed into Scots as.

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, England.

Noun

 * 1)  A far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity.

Translations

 * Catalan: conte d’indis
 * Dutch: onzinverhaal
 * French: histoire à dormir debout,
 * German:, Münchhausengeschichte; (jemandem was) vom Pferd erzählen
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: scéal i mbarr bata
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: røverhistorie,
 * Polish: bajka o żelaznym wilku
 * Portuguese: história pra boi dormir
 * Punjabi: ਗਪੌੜ
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: chocoaventura
 * Swedish: rövarhistoria
 * Turkish: