The kenobi show. When you start your storytelling session, you want to immediately start spinning a yarn. This is a 19th century term that sailors used when telling a good story. Part of being a good sailor is knowing how to weave together rope. Each thread needs to twist and weave together to make a strong story. Another word for spin a yarn. Find more ways to say spin a yarn, along with related words, antonyms and example phrases at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.
spin (one) a yarn
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To tell a lie or only part of the truth in order to convince one of something or to avoid the consequences of something. Don't you dare spin me a yarn about being at the library. I want to know exactly where you were tonight.I suspect he's just spinning a yarn about where all that money came from.
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spin a yarn
Fig. to tell a tale. Grandpa spun an unbelievable yarn for us. My uncle is always spinning yarns about his childhood.
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spin a yarn
Tell a story, especially a long drawn-out or totally fanciful one, as in This author really knows how to spin a yarn, or Whenever he's late he spins some yarn about a crisis. Originally a nautical term dating from about 1800, this expression probably owes its life to the fact that it embodies a double meaning, yarn signifying both 'spun fiber' and 'a tale.'
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spin a yarn
tell a story, especially a long and complicated one.A yarn is one of the long fibres from which a rope is made. The expression is nautical in origin and has been used in this figurative sense since the early 19th century.
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To tell a lie or only part of the truth in order to convince one of something or to avoid the consequences of something. Don't you dare spin me a yarn about being at the library. I want to know exactly where you were tonight.I suspect he's just spinning a yarn about where all that money came from.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
spin a yarn
Fig. to tell a tale. Grandpa spun an unbelievable yarn for us. My uncle is always spinning yarns about his childhood.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Spin A Yarn Crochet Patterns
spin a yarn
Tell a story, especially a long drawn-out or totally fanciful one, as in This author really knows how to spin a yarn, or Whenever he's late he spins some yarn about a crisis. Originally a nautical term dating from about 1800, this expression probably owes its life to the fact that it embodies a double meaning, yarn signifying both 'spun fiber' and 'a tale.'
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
spin a yarn
tell a story, especially a long and complicated one.A yarn is one of the long fibres from which a rope is made. The expression is nautical in origin and has been used in this figurative sense since the early 19th century.
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
spin (somebody) a ˈyarn/ˈtale
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tell somebody a story, usually a long one, which is often not true: She came an hour late and spun him a yarn about her car breaking down.Sailors used to spin yarns (= long threads) to make ropes. They were also famous for telling unlikely stories of their adventures, which is perhaps the origin of the idiom.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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