conte de bonne femme

Non, ce n'est pas un conte de bonne femme.
No, it's not a wives tale.
Je ne vois aucune raison de faire cas d'un conte de bonne femme.
I see no reason to put stock into an old wives' tale.
C'est un conte de bonne femme.
That's an old wives' tale.
- C'est un conte de bonne femme. - Il y a bien une cité.
Ah, there's a city there, right enough.
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