Walter Scott quote: Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe...

Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.

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Redgauntlet vol. 2, ch. 7 (1824). The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs traces the expression "Tell it to the marines" back to 1805.

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Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it. - Walter Scott

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