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Winner of Scottish Gastropub of The Year three times including the Catering in Scotland Excellence Award. “a quintessential gastro pub, a bustling hostelry, popular with locals and whose fame has spread. Offering great service, natural ambience and a lovely genuine warmth with superb food and a menu brimming with local produce.”.
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The Cock and Bull has been owned by the same family since...
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The Cock and the Bull were two of the main coaching inns in the town and the banter and rivalry between groups of travellers is said to have resulted in exaggerated and fanciful stories, which became known as ‘cock and bull stories’. The two hostelries did, and still do, exist.
" Cock and bull story " is an English-language idiom for a far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity. It is often used to describe a description of events told by someone who is being deceitful or giving an excuse, perhaps unconvincingly.
a story that is obviously not true, especially one given as an excuse: give someone a cock-and-bull story He gave me some cock-and-bull story about having to be at his cousin's engagement party. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accounts and stories. anecdote.
The idiom "a cock-and-bull story" is a well-known expression in English, often used to describe a tale or explanation that is unbelievable, fabricated, or exaggerated. It's a term that's synonymous with falsehood and has been used in various literary works and everyday conversations alike.
Cock and bull story: meaning and examples. A cock and bull story is an unbelievable story. As our AI suggests, this expression is used to refer to a story that is implausible and unlikely to be true.
Cock and bull story. Meaning. An unbelievable tale. Examples. She said that she went to school with George Clooney but she’s only twenty two – I think it’s a cock and bull story.
