Could someone explain "spun so many tales"?

Question

Could someone explain to me what this means:
“You’ve spun so many tales it’s hard to keep track”?

Forgive me for my ignorance my friends- but English is my 3-rd language. I speak English very well; however, I sometimes have difficulty understanding idioms like this one: I don’t understand the “spun so many tales”!

I kind of understand it but I’m not sure. “Spun” comes from “spin” >> which means to turn, rotate, gyrate something. The “so many” in my opinion means: “done something many times”.

“Tales” in my opinion means the –the main subject that is not written –but applied.
“Tales” is the topic or main idea for what the conversation takes place.

So, in my opinion the “spun so many tales” means: You have done “it” so many times, which “it” in this case is the main idea of the conversation or dialogue.

So my conclusion is: “you have done-what you have done for many times”, repeat-ably.

I would like to give to all of you the points but I will try to understand who is going to provide me the best information and explanation of this idiom.

I Thank All of You for Your Time and Effort.

Answer 1

Well simply put it just means that you have told so many stories or lies that your friends can't keep track of how many lies or stories you've made up or they just don't know what one to believe.



I don't know if that made sense or not but that's basically it.

Answer 2

Think of a spider spinning a web; there are so many strands, one cannot find beginning or end, nor can one separate the strands. Now, think of a person who "spins" tales, tales being another word for "stories" or "lies." Now, do you understand?