fairy tale, fairy story

fairy tale, fairy story
noun
1 the film was inspired by a fairy tale: FOLK TALE, folk story, traditional story, myth, legend, fantasy, fable.
2 (informal) she accused him of telling fairy tales: (WHITE) LIE, fib, half-truth, untruth, falsehood, (tall) story, fabrication, invention, piece of fiction; informal whopper, cock-and-bull story; Brit. informal porky (pie).

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