The English We Speak: A bit of a stretch

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  Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases

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  and expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.

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  I'm Feifei.

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  And I'm Phil.

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  Feifei, I found out something really cool last week.

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  Really?

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  What's that?

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  I found out that I went to primary school with a famous comedian.

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  Really?

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  Well, I was aged four in the nursery when he was 11 and in year six.

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  So.

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  You were like seven years apart in different buildings.

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  I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that you went to school with him.

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  OK, well then let's forget my story and we'll just look at that expression, a bit of a stretch.

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  Yes, if something is a bit of a stretch, then you are exaggerating.

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  It's not completely untrue, but it's not 100% true either.

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  For example, you say you wrote a whole presentation when really you just helped someone else do it.

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  Another example, you might say you can speak German when really you

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  just know how to say hello in German.

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  Let's hear some other people using a bit of a stretch.

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