Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Bulgarian term or phrase:
bunch of bull
English translation:
пълна измислица
Bulgarian term
Canada
Strive For Excellence
Native in: Bulgarian
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, French to Bulgarian, and 24 more.
bunch of bull
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Oct 20, 2009 15:53: Pavel Tsvetkov Created KOG entry
Oct 20, 2009 22:34: Pavel Tsvetkov changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/634408">Pavel Tsvetkov's</a> old entry - "bunch of bull"" to ""пълна измислица/измишльотина // бабини деветини // глупости на търкалета""
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Proposed translations
Bulgaria
Good Gets Better
Native in: Bulgarian (Variant: Standard-Bulgaria) 
, English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English
пълна измислица/измишльотина // бабини деветини // глупости на търкалета
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-10-18 13:39:50 GMT)
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Въпросът всъщност опира до типа и настроението на контекста извън кратката част от изречение, която посочвате тук. Дали би било по-добре да се отиде към вариант като "плод на нашето въображение" или по-подходящи биха били изрази като "пълна простотия/измислица", "лъжа и измама", "вятър и мъгла".
Иначе "bull" е съкратено от "bullshit" и е силно разговорен и дори обиден израз:
Лингво х3: bullshit [b'ʊlʃɪt] bullshits, bullshitting, bullshitted 1) N-UNCOUNT, also (disapproval) If you say that something is bullshit, you are saying that it is nonsense or completely untrue. [INFORMAL, VERY RUDE]
Skilled, creative, New York experience
Native in: Bulgarian 
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, English, and 2 more.
(купища) глупости, врели-некипели
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Krasimira Kalcheva
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Благодаря!
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Bulgaria
Knowledge And Experience You Can Rely On
Native in: Bulgarian (Variant: Standard-Bulgaria)
Works in: German to Bulgarian, English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to German, and 4 more.
пълен боклук; нищо не струва(щ); въздух под налягане
Reference comments
Bunch of bull
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Bulgaria
reliable and proficient
Native in: Bulgarian
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Arabic to Bulgarian, Arabic to English, and 4 more.
american slang
: : : : : is it an american slang, meaning nonsense?
: : : : Yes. "Bull" is short for "bullshit," which means nonsense, bragging, empty talk, exaggeration, lies--that sort of thing. The Dictionary of American Slang says it originated in student use about 1915 and became widespread after use in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
: : : In my time during my National Service in the RAF in the 1950s, and I suspect still current in the British military, 'bull' was used to describe the meticulous cleaning of personal and communal property that new recuits were forced to adopt, An example would be the Drill Sergeant saying 'get those boots bulled up, airman.'
: : : The word was less commonly used in the given context, above.
: : I rather suspect that "bull" meaning empty or boastful talk was in use long before the American "bullshit". Did "..a bunch of bull.." proceed from bull or bullshit?
: The Dictionary of Amer. Slang says "bull" in that sense probably came from "bullshit." About "a bunch of," I don't know--I'd guess it's just one of several elaborations that a speaker could use, including "a pile of . . . ."
M-W.com dates "bull" meaning nonsense to 1640 and dates "bullshit" meaning nonsense to 1915. Now if The Dictionary of Amer. Slang says "bull" meaning nonsense derives from "bullshit" then whom do we believe?
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