throw the bull

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To chat idly.

   “"Hello, Steve. Don't let me interrupt your business conference." ¶ "You're not. We were just throwing the bull. The boys are worrying about what will happen to the book business when we get in the war. Paper restrictions and the usual trade dung."”

2. fiil To make false boastful claims.

   “"I'm glad you look at it that way. I don't want you to think I'm just throwing the bull."”

3. fiil To talk or write in an obscure and pretentious manner.

   “I was about to write a simple theme about this dumb question when I remembered that my literary friends were always "throwing the bull"—building up their sentences to sound complex and sophisticated.”

4. fiil Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, the, bull.