fish story
Example Sentences
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"The point of the fish story is merely that the most obvious, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about," Wallace noted.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2023
The production reminds us of this when dancers wielding IV bags emerge during his fish story.
From New York Times • May 6, 2022
Johnson has a fish story, and it’s about him.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021
“I thought this was going to be a big fish story, but then it turned into something very different,” says Maclean, now 78.
From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2021
It does look a good deal like a "fish story," though I know it is strictly true; for he was a Boston cat, and lived not half a mile from our home.
From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot
