spin a yarn's Usage Examples:

proclaimed, "The legendary folksinger also was known for her ability to spin a yarn and hold an audience in the palm of her hand.

Originally a sailors" expression, "to spin a yarn", in reference to stories told while performing mundane tasks such as.

Give the man a beat and a keyboard, and he"ll spin a yarn, the likes of which you"ve never heard.

Eamon Maher in The Irish Times, wrote “Martiny can definitely spin a yarn and has a gift for comedy".

The nature of their delivery is reflected in the English idiom spin a yarn, by way of analogy with the production of yarn.

"Researchers spin a yarn into a muscle" 2014.

(1986), "To spin a yarn: the female voice in folklore and fairy tale", in Ruth B.

Synonyms:

reel, go around, spin around, whirligig, rotate, revolve, gyrate, whirl,

Antonyms:

take, differ, prosecute, hire, nonpayment,