According to the findings, we are most likely to spin a yarn to our mothers, with 25 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women admitting to this.

调查显示，25%的男性和20%的女性承认，他们最爱向自己的母亲撒谎。

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Your sign is known for extraordinary ability to spin a yarn that is so enthralling and believable, no one can stop reading or listening to what you have to say.

你的星座以将一件事说得迷人而令人信服的能力而著称，当你要说点什么的时候，没有人能停下来听、读你的话述。

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Indeed, even when someone's memory is patchy, he will still do his best to spin the information he has into a credible yarn.

确实，即使一个人对某件事的记忆并不完整，他仍然会尽其所能利用脑中的信息编造出一个令人信服的故事。

youdao

Whereas the Candide-like picaresque of the first half persuasively evokes life under brutal totalitarianism, the identity-switching and intrigue of the second part seem to originate in little more than the need to spin a yarn.

NEWYORKER: Dear Leader

Whereas the Candide-like picaresque of the first half with its absurd but fully plausible turns of the screw persuasively evokes life under brutal totalitarianism, the identity-switching and intrigue of the second part seem to originate in little more than the need to spin a yarn.

NEWYORKER: Dear Leader