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makes up some cock-and-bull story

Spanish translation: nos cuenta un cuento chino

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English term or phrase:makes up some cock-and-bull story
Spanish translation:nos cuenta un cuento chino
Entered by: Gloria Meneses González

16:09 Nov 4, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / cine de ensayo
English term or phrase: makes up some cock-and-bull story
Hola a todos,
no entiendo muy bien el sentido de esta parte de la frase. ¿Alguien me puede ayudar?
muchas gracias

contexto:


Academic film critics, who overrate cinematic self-reflexivity and attention to the narrative "frame", adore the cheap joke he pulls on us when he promises that everything in the next hour will be true, then makes up some cock-and-bull story towards the end, without having told us the sixty minutes were up.
susana anton
nos cuenta un cuento chino
Explanation:
Una opción
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Gloria Meneses González
Local time: 21:36
Grading comment
gracias gloria
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7nos cuenta un cuento chino
Gloria Meneses González
5historia extravagante e increible
Francisco Rodriguez
4cuento chino, embuste, mentira disfrazada con artificio
Anatoliy Babich
4inventa una historia sin sentido
ElChe (X)
4urde una trama fantasiosa
ElChe (X)


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
nos cuenta un cuento chino


Explanation:
Una opción

Gloria Meneses González
Local time: 21:36
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
gracias gloria

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  teju: Queda perfecto aqui.
22 mins
  -> Gracias, teju ;-)
agree  Ignacio Guerrero
24 mins
  -> Gracias, Ignacio ;-)
agree  Ana Maria Garcia-Dominguez (X): Definitivamente. Queda muy bien.
25 mins
  -> Gracias, Ana ;-)
agree  kironne: Excellent! http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/edu/2002/02/12/stories/20... http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Talk:cock-and-bull_story
41 mins
  -> Cheers, kironne ;-)
agree  Gabi Ancarol (X)
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, María
agree  akanah (X)
3 hrs
  -> Gracias, akanah
agree  Ginnett Zabala
23 hrs
  -> Gracias, Ginnett
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
historia extravagante e increible


Explanation:
A cock and bull story

Meaning

A fanciful and unbelievable tale.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cock and bull story.html

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Note added at 5 minutos (2006-11-04 16:15:34 GMT)
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recientemente la película de Michael Winterbottom que es una adaptación del "Tristram Shandy" de Sterne tiene ese titulo, asi que puede ser también referencia a esa película.

Francisco Rodriguez
Chile
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cuento chino, embuste, mentira disfrazada con artificio


Explanation:

Saludos!

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-11-04 16:18:00 GMT)
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Mientras pensaba la respuesta no ví la de
Gloria Meneses González. Perdona.

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-11-04 16:20:49 GMT)
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Parece que este "cuento chicno" es además intrigador aparte de ser una mentira completa. Esa conotación no la tiene la frase en español.

Anatoliy Babich
Ukraine
Local time: 23:36
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
inventa una historia sin sentido


Explanation:
adoran el truco barato que nos hace cuando promete que todo en la hora venidera sera verdad, luego inventa una historia sin sentido hacia el final, sin habernos dicho que los sesenta minutos se acabaron.


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Note added at 11 hrs (2006-11-05 03:27:59 GMT)
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inventa una historia increible

Cock & Bull Story is a fanciful, nonsensical or unbelievable tale.

ElChe (X)
Vatican City State
Local time: 22:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
urde una trama fantasiosa


Explanation:
se me ocurre que quiza esto va mejor con el resto del contexto

ElChe (X)
Vatican City State
Local time: 22:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16
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