tell it to the marines

English
WOTD – 2 November 2013
WOTD – 2 November 2014
1918 song

Etymology

Unknown, with many apocryphal suggestions.[1]

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Phrase

tell it to the marines

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) I do not believe what you said.
    • 1829, Douglas Jerrold, Act I, Scene ?:
      William. No palaver! tell it to the marines. What, tacking and double tacking! Come to what you want to say at once.

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  1. Etymology of “tell it to the marines”
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