- throw the bull
- throw the bull & throw the crapSl. Fig. to chat; to boast. (Use caution with
crap
.) •Tom could really throw the bull and sound right as rain.
•You're just throwing the crap. Can it!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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