Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
stretch credulity
Many details of the official story stretch credulity, but the result was a fatal plane crash in Mongolia as Lin, his wife, and son, attempted to
flee China.
Could you tell what this phrase means here?
PS: This is one of the meanings of 'stretch' which seems like making sense here. Do you think so?
"Adapt or extend the scope of (something) in a way that exceeds a reasonable or acceptable limit:
e.g. to describe her as sweet would be stretching it a bit"
flee China.
Could you tell what this phrase means here?
PS: This is one of the meanings of 'stretch' which seems like making sense here. Do you think so?
"Adapt or extend the scope of (something) in a way that exceeds a reasonable or acceptable limit:
e.g. to describe her as sweet would be stretching it a bit"
Top answer
It's a rather idiomatic use of the verb 'stretch'. Many details of the official story make it very, very harder for people to believe the official story . .
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It's a rather idiomatic use of the verb 'stretch'.
Many details of the official story make it very, very harder for people to believe the official story . . .
Here's another example to consider.
His constant lateness stretched my patience.
ie His constant lateness made it very, very hard for me to be patient.
Clive
Many details of the official story make it very, very harder for people to believe the official story . . .
Here's another example to consider.
His constant lateness stretched my patience.
ie His constant lateness made it very, very hard for me to be patient.
Clive
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