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Smartenglish@hanmail.net Posted 5 years ago
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A likely story

I would like to know why the cat thinks "1" is a likely story.

1. She spilled a bottle of water in my car seat and forgot to tell me.

  

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"A likely story!" means "I don't believe that!"

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Email Removed">Email RemovedI would like to know why the cat thinks "1" is a likely story.

We say "a likely story" ironically. To say that it is a likely story means that it is very unlikely that it happened that way. The "joke" consists in the cat's disbelief that the wetness on his pants was not the result of the loss of bla

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