to tell tall tales, make up stories ☊ 
bịa chuyện ☊ as tall as a maypole ☊ cao lêu nghêu ☊ very tall and thin, very lanky ☊ cao nghều ☊ multi-story, tall (building) ☊ cao tầng ☊ high building, tall building, skyscraper ☊ cao ốc ☊ breed of big, tall and thinly feathered fowl, lubber ☊ gà tồ ☊ very tall and thin, very lanky ☊ nghều ☊ straight and tall fluent, flowing ☊ suôn ☊