fish tale

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By the end, this fish tale is really about fatherhood as McPhee’s dad suffers a stroke in a Baltimore County hospital.

From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2018

Despite these limitations, the stature of this tiny research project seemed to only grow as time went on, like a scholarly fish tale.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2017

The Northwest Film Forum’s “Indigenous Showcase” series presents a showing of Pixar’s 2003 animated fish tale “Finding Nemo,” dubbed in Navajo, at 5 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2016

Gottlieb imbued the fish tale with quirky humor and brought some depth to the characters, making "them more like everybody instead of caricatures," he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2015

Don't let him put over any such fish tale on you.

From Torchy and Vee by Ford, Sewell