Т240
ТУРУСЫ НА КОЛЁСАХ (разводить, подпускать, нести ит. п.)
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fixed WO foolish, senseless talk, absurdities: (tell) tall tales (cock-and-bull stories)
that's baloney ((a bunch of) twaddle, (a lot of) nonsense
etc)(come out with) all kinds of nonsense (cock-and-bull stories
etc).
The prevailing point of view connects this idiom with «турусы» (or «Tapacbi»)-the old Russian word for turrets that were moved on wheels and employed when besieging a fortified place. Stories about them were considered unbelievable and grossly exaggerated.
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Т241 →← Т24