bull's wool

noun

1. informal.
   nonsense

Example Sentences

“We had antiquated equipment, armored cars that you could probably shoot arrows through. We wore uniforms made of bull’s wool and hobnailed boots.”

From Time

He was up to his old pranks, sending a group of frostbitten horsemen on a wild-goose chase all over Boston in search of nonexistent “bull’s wool” socks.

From Literature

One of the most direct is El Roto, who works for the paper where Gómez Pin and Wolff wrote such bull's wool.

From Time