Stretch the truth
夸张,夸大事实
🧩 词语组成解析
stretch
[strɛtʃ]
v. 伸展;延伸;持续;包括;
n. 伸展;弹性;一片;一段时间;
adj. 可伸缩的;弹性的;
stretch(draw tight)→伸张；拉紧；夸张；伸展；宽阔的空间
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
🗣️ 情景例句
Have you been waiting for me for a long time?
你已经等我很久了吗？
I did it without much difficulty.
我没费多少劲就完成了那项工作。
When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时，有些妻子认为丈夫总有办法。