# stringing (one) a long bend (slang) a humorous variation of throwing (one) a curve, misleading or deceiving (someone), lying and drawing a longbow, exaggerating. A longbow is a large bow drawn by hand, as that used by English archers from the 12th to the 16th centuries. It is said that a good archer could hit between the fingers of a man's hand at a considerable distance, and could propel his arrow a mile. The tales told about longbow exploits fully justify the application of the phrase.