To “tell a yarn” means to tell a story, especially a long and tall one, one that is exaggerated, one that is imagined or at any rate one that is not entirely true. That’s the idea being conveyed in ...

电影《小小的我》中，脑瘫青年刘春和被咖啡馆录用，被心仪的师范大学录取，身边的外婆陈素群禁不住拍打外孙，抹抹泪又看看天，颤颤巍巍的惊叹声里透着股骄傲和甘甜，让银幕前的观众也跟着她掬泪。