A Big Fish Story is a tall tale, usually involving exaggerated accounts of events. The two crossword solutions for this term are JAWS (4 letters) and LIE (3 letters). JAWS is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg about a great white shark that terrorizes a beach community. LIE is an untruthful statement or action. Together, these two words represent the idea of a Big Fish Story, which is a story that is often exaggerated and not necessarily true.