Translation of "spin (someone) a yarn" in Russian

Translations

рассказывать небылицы

He spun us a yarn about his adventures in the Amazon.

Он рассказал нам небылицы о своих приключениях в Амазонии.

Definitions

To tell someone a long, imaginative, or exaggerated story, often one that is not entirely true or is intended to entertain or deceive.

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