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Значение идиомы come off it
[come off it] also [get off it] {v. phr.}, {slang} Stop pretending; bragging, or kidding; stop being silly. – Used as a command.
“So I said to the duchess…” Jimmy began. “Oh, come off it,” the other boys sneered.
Fritz said he had a car of his own. “Oh, come off it,” said John. “You can’t even drive.”
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