According to the weather forecast here in Tokyo, we will continue to have summer temps until Oct. 21st. Incredible for this time of year. The solar minimum is really starting to shift the weather patterns.
Today our idiom is "stretch the truth".
We can use this when we want to say, someone is making the story bigger than it actually is.
Example 1
He said he was the best golfer in the city. He was good, but he was not the best. He always stretches the truth.
Example 2
Most guys like to stretch the truth when they meet a girl for the first time. They are trying to impress them.