tall stories — These are anecdotes about astonishing exploits and adventures, for example in hunting, or about animals or objects of astounding size such as a sailing ship with masts so tall that any lad sent up as a midshipman will have grey in his beard by … A Dictionary of English folklore
Tall Stories from Under the Table — Infobox Album | Name = Tall Stories From Under the Table Type = Album Artist = Dogs Released = June 25, 2007 Recorded = flagicon|England Miloco Garden Studio, Shoreditch flagicon|England Raezor Studio, Wandsworth Genre = Rock, punk Length = 41:10 … Wikipedia
Tall Stories (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Tall Stories Type = Album Artist = Johnny Hates Jazz Released = June 1991 Recorded = 1990 1991 Genre = Pop Length = 36:32 Label = Virgin Records Producer = Calvin Hayes and Mike Nocito Reviews = Last album = Turn Back the… … Wikipedia
Tall Stories For Small Children — Infobox Album | Name = Tall Stories For Small Children Type = Album Artist = Guy Manning Released = October 1999 Recorded = 1999 Genre = Progressive rock Length = 00:00 Label = Cyclops Producer = Guy Manning Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5… … Wikipedia
tall story — UK US noun [countable] [singular tall story plural tall stories] british informal something that someone tells you that sounds so exciting, dangerous, unpleasant etc that you do not believe it is true. The American word is tall tale … Useful english dictionary
tall story — tall stories N COUNT A tall story is the same as a tall tale … English dictionary
tall — adjective 1 a person, building, tree etc that is tall has a greater than average height: 6 ft/2 metres etc tall: I m only five feet tall. see high 1 2 AmE a tall drink has a small amount of alcohol mixed with a large amount of a non alcoholic… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tall story — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tall story : singular tall story plural tall stories British informal something that someone tells you that sounds so exciting, dangerous, unpleasant etc that you do not believe it is true. The American word is … English dictionary
Tall Tales & Legends — Tall Tales and Legends is a series created by Shelley Duvall, following her success with her first series, Faerie Tale Theatre. It ran from 1985 1987 and was comprised of nine episodes, adapted from various American based stories of bravery … Wikipedia
Tall tale — multiple issues expand=May 2008 cleanup=February 2008A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it was true and factual. Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events, such as, that fish was so big, why I tell ya , it … Wikipedia
