Usually means: Skeptical response to unbelievable story.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions
We found 4 dictionaries that define the word tell it to the marines:

General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tell it to the marines: Collins English Dictionary
  2. tell it to the marines: Wiktionary
  3. Tell It to the Marines (disambiguation), Tell It to the Marines, Tell it to the Marines: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tell it to the marines, tell it to the marines: Idioms

Definitions from Wikipedia (Tell It to the Marines)

noun:  a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by George W. Hill and starring Lon Chaney, William Haines, and Eleanor Boardman.
noun:  "Tell it to the Marines" is an English-language idiom, originally with reference to Britain's Royal Marines, connoting that the person addressed is not to be believed.
noun:  a British television sitcom that aired on ITV from 1959 to 1960.
noun:  a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom and starring Jane and Katherine Lee, Charles Slattery, and Edward Bagley.
noun:  "Tell it to the Marines" is an idiom.

Phrases:

Words similar to tell it to the marines

Usage examples for tell it to the marines

Idioms related to tell it to the marines

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near tell it to the marines

Rhymes of tell it to the marines

Invented words related to tell it to the marines

Similar:
Phrases:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux