The expression "Tell it to" them comes from British Navy men, who thought them gullible
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Tell It To The Marines | Disappearing Idioms  Oct 2, 2012 ... Tell it to the Marines then became words of instant dismissal in the general population; ... And that's the way things have stood regarding the above phrase, at least in the UK. ... (Red hair, in some circles, is still thought to connote a tendency toward ... Let them tell that to General MacArthur and his men.
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Tell That (It) to the Marines - JStor  a part of a dialogue between members of the British Navy. ... the purpose and the utilization of the phrase, to be considered as gullible .... form.14 It was not until 1829 that the form 'Tell it to the marines' appeared; ... like a man-don't creep through lubber's hole.-WVhat ... can marines, but come down to them from the English.
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We Have A Word For It - World Naval Ships Forums  As an island,Britain has always been a seafaring nation,as many common ... are not generally thought to be naive and gullible enough to believe any tale told to them, so where does the phrase "Tell it to the marines" come from ? ... seas and lands as the Officers and Men of our Loyal Maritime Regiment.
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Tell It to the Marines - Wikipedia  Tell it to the Marines" is a catchphrase, originally with reference to Britain's Royal Marines, ... Sir Walter Scott used the phrase "Tell it to the Marines  the sailors won't believe it" in ... an earlier origin for the phrase, which was formerly widely believed. ... of the phrase is pejorative to the Marines, implying that they are gullible.
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Tell it to Sweeney | Tell It To Sweeney  Jan 11, 2014 ... The idiom was used by Royal Navy sailors to poke fun at their rivals by suggesting ... Either phrase means to tell it to someone gullible enough to believe ... The NY Daily News catered to the working man as represented by...
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15 Pieces of Pirate Slang We Should Adopt | Mental Floss  Jul 15, 2016 ... But if it's Halloween and they're dressed up like a pirate at the company ... Example: When you tell someone that you like the cut of his jib, you're complimenting him on his personal appearance or manner. ... The hungry sailors called these eggs cackle fruit after the noises a hen makes while laying them.
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The Origins of Some Old Sayings - A World History Encyclopedia  Sometimes we can only give the most likely explanation. A. ACHILLES ... Like many old sayings in the English language this one come from the Bible. In Genesis Cain ... So if you made a bee line for something you went straight for it. BEYOND THE ... It is a corruption of the old word bot, which meant profit or advantage.
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Put out a proclamation! It's the act of setting people free # Quiz ...  Jul 8, 2016 ... In 1919 this trustbuster's last words were Please put out the light # Quiz # Question - Duration: 0:29. FirstAmVideo No views. New. 0:29.
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The Canterbury Tales  Had power to confess coat and gown  ..... Told stories most of sin and harlotry. He stole corn ..... There came a kite, while they were waxing wrath, ..... Falsely concealed your true name thus! .... You know yourself she cannot wed both ...... On holidays before her he would troop, ...... In shriving, preaching, is my diligence,.
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Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot: Antonia Fraser ...  Editorial Reviews. Amazon.com Review. Our term "guy," slang for any man, comes from the ... FREE Shipping on orders with at least $25 of books. .... Although the "Gunpowder Plot" of 1605 to blow up Parliament as it was being opened ... Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or...
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Speech by John Adams at the Boston Massacre Trial  They swear, they thought him in liquor-that he run about clapping several ... Such things are not new in the world, nor in the British dominions, though they are ... the soldiers, for he was engaged against them at the Rope-walks; he says he saw ... Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations,...
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Jeopary Questions page 1869 - COMMUNICATION - TriviaBistro.com  COMMUNICATION: Often employed by governments, this form of spreading doctrines or rumors sometimes uses "The Big Lie" as a weapon  CANADIAN...
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Full text of "Literary style, and other essays [microform]"  In Bacon's phrase, they aie " the Herculeses, not the Adonises of literature. ...... the folly of Cassim in the Arabian Nights, who cried " Open Wheat," and " Open Barley ..... They forget that, instead of having one pet notion which he would like to ... 03 if it does not seize its prey at the first bound, goes back ^aumblingto its cave.
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General McAuliffe's alleged "Nuts!"...What did he really say ...  Quote: ... "The note was brough tto the office command the battle in Bastogne, Brig. ... Moore told General McAuliffe that we had a German surrender ultimatum. .... agreed, and McAuliffe decided to send that one word, "Nuts! ... When Cambronne was asked to surrender at Waterloo, did he reply "The Guard...
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Lies, damned lies, and statistics - Wikipedia  It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point. The term was popularised in United States by Mark Twain (among others), who attributed it to the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
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A Misconception of a quote by Captain Stephan Decatur Jr. USN ...  http://www.history.navy.mil/cannons/Decatur_Stephent.JPG Captain Stephen Decatur Jr, USN Often times quoted a famous toast of Decatur's, yet today you have to ... may she always be in the right, but our country, right or wrong! ... Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr. USN ... Decatur declared his famous line:
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Urban Dictionary: sic semper tyrannis  Didn't think people could be that stupid. Sic semper tyrannis. #sic #semper #tyrannis #thus #always #to #tyrants. by AtheismoTheGreat July 07, 2015. 228 19.
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The Annotated Pratchett File v9.0 - Men at Arms - The L-Space Web  Someone complained on the net that the picture of the Gonne on the back cover of Men ... That's what distinguishes a 'police procedural' from a mystery; after all, you know .... But as Tom Burnham explains in his Dictionary of Misinformation: "The .... badges, but no, said Carrot, it comes from the old word cappere, to capture.
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Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition | Know Your Meme  Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition is a memorable quote from the sketch comedy television show Monty Python's Flying Circus uttered in reference to a...
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J! Archive - Show #5015, aired 2006-06-02  Jun 2, 2006 ... After an earlier one was severed by a fisherman, a cable to transmit ... Means of transmission of the historic message "England expects that...