APAD: Tell it to the marines

Meaning: I don't believe you. Generally used in response to a story that seems farfetched.

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Living in the US, I automatically connected the 'marines' with the U.S. Marine

Corps. and the saying was not clear.

 

It turned out that the proverb appeared well before the U.S. came onto the scene

as an offshoot of a long line of naval powers: the Romans, Venice, Spain, and

the British Empire. According to my source, the early Brit sailors who invented

the expression had a low opinion of the marines stationed on their vessels.

Is it the temperate saying of go to hell?

It could be, I guess :-)

Tell it to the marines

tell it to the chemists

meaning "to be believed"

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问一下： Don't tell it to the marines 啥意思？ ：）：）：）

A brain twister or a beginner's mistake. It depends :-)

Sure. The more people you tell, the more it is believed :-)

What the recruiter said to the gay enlisted man. : )

Don't ask. Don't tell.

: )

send it to the airforce

Why?

A native speaker is likely to correct an ESL for saying it.

Or the listener is likely stumped and it's a waste of time.

第一次听说这种表达。学习了。

噗。。