Expressions with story - Unit 1

Something that's very hard to believe.

• Sob story

• The story of my life

• A likely story

Something unwanted that frequently happens to you.

• The same old story

• To make up a story

• End of story

Events as someone else describes them.

• Their side of the story

• Cut a long story short

• The story of my life

A story someone tells to make you feel sorry for them.

• Their side of the story

• The same old story

• Sob story

When nothing more needs to be said about something.

• End of story

• Cut a long story short

• A likely story

Tell the main facts without all the details.

• The same old story

• Cut a long story short

• Sob story

To invent an excuse.

• Their side of the story

• The story of my life

• Make up a story

Something negative that has happened many times before.

• Make up a story

• The story of my life

• End of story