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Ever since I was a young person, I have used the phrase, “If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you”. The phrase originated because for over a century people have fallen for the con that New York City is selling the Brooklyn Bridge.
The American idiom "I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you" is a humorous way of suggesting someone is gullible or easily deceived: it implies mock disbelief at someone's gullibility.
Basically, the line "and if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you" suggests that what they are telling you is as believable as someone trying to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.
21 maj 2016 · Person 2: "If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you." Get the i have a bridge to sell you mug. This phrase came about after a Con-man by the man of George C. Parker sold the Brooklyn Bridge twice a week for 30 years.
14 kwi 2013 · Parker claimed to have sold the Brooklyn Bridge twice a week for several years. The price? Well sometimes $5,000 dollars, other times $75 dollars but most of the time it was whatever Parker could talk you into spending, which was pretty much every penny you had.
George C. Parker (March 16, 1860 [1] – 1937) was an American con man best known for his repeated successes "selling" the Brooklyn Bridge. He made his living conducting illegal sales of property he did not own, often New York's public landmarks, to unwary immigrants.
2 cze 2024 · In reference to George C. Parker, an infamous conman who successfully duped his victims into “buying” the Brooklyn Bridge.
