КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «COCK-AND-BULL STORY»
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Will Self has been praised by The New York Times Book Review as "a high-powered satirical weapon" and Cock & Bull is one of his most outrageous works of fiction "Cock: A Novelette" is the story of a woman who grows a fully functional penis.
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The laughing cry: an African cock
and bull story
Satirizes African politics through the story of the adventures of the dictator Marshal Hannibal-Ideloy Bwakamabe Na Sakkade
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To tell a cock and bull story (APP 75; ODEP 130; EAP 79; MP 125) 1872 Hansel
and Grettel persuaded the old witch to get into it by some cock- and-bull story. (p.
1010) Stowe, Harriet B. Uncle Tom's Cabin; The Minister's Wooing; Oldtown ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
To Tell a Cock—and-Bull Story. It is generally understood that a cock— and-bull
story has nothing to do with animals. There are the widely known monkey and
parrot story, and that perfectly delightful story of the grouse in the gun room
nobody ...
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101 Things You Say All the Time:
And Have No Idea What ...
In the story, the chicken wins, which makes it, very obviously, a cock-and-bull
story. 3.) Cock and bull are early English abbreviations for concocted and bully,
meaning exaggerated. Thus, a cock-and-bull story is one that has been
concocted ...
31 A mediocre poet become rancher, an irresolute revolutionary turned showman
, and a regionalist made into a bricoleur (a sort of do-it-yourselfer) of history and
folklore, Baroncelli told a compelling cock and bull story — an important but ...
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Labyrinth of Digressions: Tristram Shandy as Perceived
and ...
Although the narrator fills in too many details for us to be able to speak of a
classic Cock-and-Bull story, the mention made of the cock and the bull is
probably a reference to these cul-de-sacs in the story that invite further
speculation.
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Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the ...
Cock-and-bull story Q. A really strange movie, Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull
Story, whose title seems to borrow from an incident in Laurence Sterne's book,
has sent me unavailingly to the Net for information on the origin of cock-and-bull
...
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The seen
and the unseen
You're at that cock-and-bull story again ; in this age of enlightenment, and you a
medical man, sir, I'm surprised at you, I really am ! I don't want to discuss the
matter; the Office is willing to consider the incident as closed, and I may say that I'
m ...
A. Anctfnf. We must request correspondents desiring information on family
matters of only private interest, to affix their names and addresses to their queries
, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct " Cock-and-bull story.
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «COCK-AND-BULL STORY»
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cock-and-bull story в контексте приведенных ниже новостных статей.
Sir, find my dog: UP governor's order opens floodgates
While it may sound like a cock-and-bull story, the Uttar Pradesh governor's directive to police to crack a case of rooster theft in Rampur has ... «Hindustan Times, Июл 15»
Grantham Journal column: 'Where's the second chance?' asks Peter …
... increased my suspicions that current rehabilitation policies on crime and punishment are nothing more than a blatant cock-and-bull story. «Grantham Journal, Июн 15»
A Friar among Stones
His philosophy is devoid of cock-and-bull story. His narrations are like singing rivulets, revealing the song of their origin. His observations are ... «Kashmir Images, Июн 15»
Nobody believes 'cock-and-bull' yarn of 1MDB duo
“The 1MDB duo dodged the scheduled PAC hearing with a cock-and-bull story about important assignments overseas.” “None of them ... «Free Malaysia Today, Май 15»
The Pakistani Media On The Bin Laden Killing
... Recorder, Pakistani financial daily, broadly sees no truth to Hersh's report and says “his version has all the makings of a cock-and-bull story”. «Newslaundry, Май 15»
Bradford City fire: Briton attacks 'inaccurate' BBC documentary …
I don't know where Falconer is getting this cock-and-bull story from… the inaccuracies in this report [documentary] are dumbfounding.” Fifty-six ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Май 15»
Richard Branson's April Fools' Prank May Have Sunk Branson's Mayor
... before he became Mark Twain—came up with a cock-and-bull story that went viral. As a 26-year-old cub reporter for the Territorial Enterprise ... «Newsweek, Апр 15»
Utah residents having a cow over restaurant's new, well-endowed sign
According to the St. George News, this is no cock-and-bull story; a stampede of residents said they feel the sign is offensive and that the ... «fox13now.com, Мар 15»
After years of swindles, con man finally faces justice
Eddie Mac made up some cock-and-bull story about tracing the kid to a jail in Cuba, and managed to get von Bober to fork over $350,000 to ... «Boston Globe, Мар 15»
The Cock-And-Bull Story Of The Federal Government Over The …
I have just read, with some amusement, the position of the Federal Government regarding the cash totaling $9.3million that was seized by the ... «SaharaReporters.com, Сен 14»
