traveller's tale

Japanese: traveller's tale(英語表記)travellerstale
traveller's tale

…The English term traveller's tale literally means a story told by a traveller, but its actual meaning is a tall tale or a fabricated story. This may be a product of humor unique to British and American people, but it has an interesting side to it.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "traveller's tale" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…英語でtraveller’s taleというと,直訳すれば〈旅行者の話〉であるが,実際の意味は〈ほら話,つくり話〉である。これは英米人独特のユーモアの産物であろうが,興味深い一面をもっている。…

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