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Pull the other one 

A gentle challenge or rejoinder to a fanciful or bullshit statement or a tall tale. An idiom you use to tell someone that you do not believe what they have just said.

Derived from the game where you ask someone to "pull my finger" and fart, then ask them to "pull my other finger" or "now pull the other one".
-- Example 1 --

GUY 1:
"Yeah I drank about 20 beers but the cop couldn't tell I was drunk and let me go."
GUY 2:
"Pull the other one. I don't think so."

-- Example 2 --

From Scene 1 of Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
KING ARTHUR:
Whoa there!
clop clop clop
SOLDIER #1:
Halt! Who goes there?
ARTHUR:
It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!
SOLDIER #1:
Pull the other one!
ARTHUR:
I am,... and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot.
I must speak with your lord and master.
SOLDIER #1:
What? Ridden on a horse?
ARTHUR:
Yes!
SOLDIER #1:
You're using coconuts!
ARTHUR:
What?

Pull the other one 

Sarcastic response to someone who is taking the mickey

Shortened version of "Pull the other one, it's got bells on it."
Pull the other one by nzowl December 15, 2003

the other one

1. a cheerful red head, with two dimples.
often sees the future and has chemistry
with anything

2. often referred to as Tally
1. I held Nicte with one hand and waved
with the other.
2. Each of them looked at the other one.
3. Tally a single girl by choice because
Alder and Nicte are waiting.
the other one by Lissi255 June 29, 2022

one foot on a banana peel and the other one out the door 

To be in a very precarious position, most commonly used when a person is in imminent danger of being fired from their job.
The way John has been fucking up at work lately, I wouldn't be surprised if he has one foot on a banana peel and the other one out the door.

one brother other 

one brother being a drug dealer;the other brother being a drug user.
my one brother uses, and the other deals.
one brother other by lj March 27, 2005

One arm as long as the other

Basically turning up somewhere with nothing to give when something is expected. i.e coming to a party empty handed. Irish in origin
Jim: "Dave arrived in late to the wedding yesterday, the clown"

John: "Typical. Did he bring a pressie"

Jim: "Not at all, arrived in with one arm as long as the other"