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Synonyms for "old wive's tale" in Englisch

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old wive's tale:
- fairytale; delusion; fiction; fable; fib; story; old wive's tale

Englisch

Detailed Synonyms for old wive's tale in Englisch

old wive's tale:

old wive's tale [the ~] Nomen

the old wive's tale
the fairytale
– an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse ¹
- fairytale [the ~] Nomen
the delusion
– the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas ¹
- delusion [the ~] Nomen
the fiction; the fable
– a deliberately false or improbable account ¹
- fiction [the ~] Nomen
- fable [the ~] Nomen
the fib; the story
– a trivial lie ¹
- fib [the ~] Nomen
  - he told a fib about eating his spinach¹
- story [the ~] Nomen
  - how can I stop my child from telling stories?¹
the old wive's tale
- old wive's tale [the ~] Nomen

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