tell+tales
11tell\ tales\ out\ of\ school — v. phr. To tell something that is secret; tell others something that is not meant to be known. Don t tell Jane anything. She is always telling tales out of school. Compare: let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans …
12tell tales out of school — reveal secrets, tell secrets …
13tell tales — slander, defame someone; relate many stories (usually exaggerated ones) …
14tell tales — British to inform someone about something bad that someone else has done. This expression is used mainly by children …
15never tell tales out of school — The phrase to tell tales out of school is also used. 1530 W. TYNDALE Practice of Prelates B1v So that what cometh once in may never out for feare of tellinge tales out of scole. 1616 J. WITHALS Dict. (rev. ed.) 573 You must not tel tales out of… …
16Tales of the Abyss — Developer(s) Namco Tales Studio Publisher(s) …
17tell — W1S1 [tel] v past tense and past participle told [təuld US tould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(communicate something)¦ 2¦(show something)¦ 3¦(what somebody should do)¦ 4¦(know)¦ 5¦(recognize difference)¦ 6 tell yourself something 7¦(warn)¦ 8¦(tell somebody about… …
18tell — ► VERB (past and past part. told) 1) communicate information to. 2) instruct to do something. 3) relate (a story). 4) (tell on) informal inform on. 5) (tell off) informal reprimand …
19tell — [ tel ] (past tense and past participle told [ tould ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 give information ▸ 2 order/advise to do something ▸ 3 recognize something ▸ 4 have clear effect ▸ 5 fail to keep secret ▸ 6 count something ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to give… …
20Tell-tale (automotive) — A group of tell tales A tell tale (or idiot light, especially in North America[1]) is an indicator of the status or malfunction of a system within a motor vehicle. Tell tales consist of a light bulb or an LED which lights up a symbol or text… …
