| 单词 | tell that to the horse marines, to my aunt fanny, etc |
| 释义 | > as lemmastell that to the horse marines, to my Aunt Fanny, etc. P10. colloquial. tell that to the marines and variants: used to express scornful disbelief. Later also tell that to the horse marines, to my Aunt Fanny, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > expressing disbelief [phrase] do you mean to say (also to tell me)1763 you don't mean to say (also to tell me)1763 tell that to the marines1806 in a horn1847 you are (or have got to be) joking1907 tie that bull outside or to another ashcan1921 you could have fooled me1926 you wouldn't read about it1950 pull the other one (it's got bells on)1966 1806 J. Davis Post-Captain v. 29 He may tell that to the marines, but the sailors will not believe him. 1820 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 608/1 So also the able-bodied seamen, who think a certain part of their crew mere fruges consumere nati on board a ship, regularly consign all exaggerated narratives and incredible propositions to their ‘willing ears’, according to nostrum illud solenne, ‘You may tell that to the marines.’ 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xiii. 326 Tell that to the marines—the sailors won't believe it. 1844 Bankers' Mag. Nov. 96 The plain honest trader would..advise you, in secret, to ‘tell that to the Horse Marines’. 1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington II. xi. 114 Is that a story to tell to such a man as me! You may tell it to the marines! 1890 E. D. E. N. Southworth For Woman's Love xxix. 400 Don't dare to talk such sentimental rubbish to me! You can't love him, can't you? Tell that to an idiot, not to me! 1902 J. Conrad in Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 802/2 ‘You shall get nothing from me, because I have nothing of mine to give away now.’ ‘Tell that to the marines!’ 1912 Commerc. Telegraphers' Jrnl. Mar. 104/2 The opening paragraph..states that his companies were never in better condition... Tell it to Sweeney! 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 317 Well! says J. J. We have Edward the peacemaker now.—Tell that to a fool, says the citizen. There's a bloody sight more pox than pax about that boyo. 1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl xiii. 193 He..says it doesn't mean anything... You can tell that to my Aunt Fanny I says to him. 1936 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 7 Jan. 6/4 ‘My vote is not for sale,’ Schade answered. ‘Go tell that to the birds,’ was the comment of Hart. 1967 D. Francis Blood Sport xiv. 172 ‘When this is over you can sleep for a fortnight.’ ‘Yeah?’ he said sarcastically. ‘Tell it to the marines.’ 1988 N. Gavin Phantom from Past xiii. 66 ‘So why did you leave it then?’ ‘To come and live with Aunt Isobel...’ ‘Oh tell that to your grandmother.’ 2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) ix. 121 So the official line was that the murders of Emma Tysoe and Axel Summers were unrelated. Tell that to the marines, he thought. < as lemmas |
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