throw the crap

throw the crap
throw the bull & throw the crap
Sl. 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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