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单词 tell me another
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tell me (also us) another (one)
(b) colloquial. tell me (also us) another (one): used in response to a statement that is believed to be false or highly improbable, implying that the speaker is telling a lie or a joke.
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1891 Sporting Times 7 Feb. Dook:..The place belongs to me. Sass: Belongs to you! Oh, scissors, don't say so! Tell us another, dear, before you go. Dook: I'll take my oath it does.
1911 Munsey's Mag. Dec. 361 ‘That's going some!’ Staff admitted admiringly. ‘Tell me another one.’
1954 B. Frechtman & J. T. Nile tr. L.-F. Céline Guignol's Band 250 Do you mean to tell me that these people are going to win the war?.. Ah! tell me another! You're joking!
1991 A. Campbell Sidewinder xii. 148 ‘I've always looked on you as a friend—perhaps the only true friend I have.’‘Come off it,’ I snorted. ‘Tell me another one.’
2008 Pittsburgh Tribune Rev. (Nexis) 25 Dec. It can be difficult to make dinner reservations over the phone... ‘When they hear “Fred Claus”, they say, “Oh sure. Yeah. Tell me another.”’
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