come off it
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used to tell someone that they should stop saying or doing a particular thing
The idiom "come off it" is an informal expression that is used to indicate skepticism or disbelief when someone makes statements or claims that are considered unrealistic or insincere. While the precise historical origin of the phrase is not documented, it has been in use in everyday language for many years. This expression is used to express skepticism or disbelief when someone is making statements or claims that are considered unrealistic, exaggerated, or insincere.
- Ask Simon to cook the meal?Come off it, he can hardly boil an egg!
- Come off it now – she was only trying to help.
- Come off it, you can't expect us to believe that you caught a fish the size of a car.
- She said she won the race by a mile, and her friends replied, "Come off it; it was a close finish."
- He told us he could make us millionaires overnight; we had to tell him to come off it.