What does the expression, buy the brooklyn bridge mean>?
2007-05-24 10:06:10 · 4 answers · asked by Ivan G 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The Brooklyn Bridge has never been for sale, but has reputedly been sold to many unsuspecting dupes. To buy the Brooklyn Bridge means to fall for "a line", or to "get taken". The expression is usually used as: "If you believe that, then have I got a bridge for you (or "I have a bridge to sell you")."
2007-05-24 10:12:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Brooklyn Bridge For Sale
2016-12-29 17:06:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means you will believe anything very gullible goes along with a saying like if you belive that then I have a bridge to sell you.
2007-05-24 10:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by Terrence W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Con man used to sell the bridge all of the time.
2015-05-30 05:06:55 · answer #4 · answered by Will 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you are gullible. The Brooklyn Bridge was actually payed for by New York through illegal taxes or sumthing like that. And I guess the people were so gullible when they thought their money was going elsewhere that that's where the expression came from.
2007-05-24 11:24:03 · answer #5 · answered by Some Souls Only Know One Speed 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Being so gullible as to fall for something so blatantly untrue.
2007-05-24 10:31:45 · answer #6 · answered by sweetwater 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋