英语词汇“tell tales”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

Idiom

tell tales

to tell someone in authority about something bad that someone has done because you want to cause trouble for them.

She wasn't very popular at school - she was the sort of kid who was always telling tales about other kids.

(often + about)

I had half a mind to tell my boss about him but I didn't want her to think I was telling tales.

tell tales

To share secrets, often knowing that doing so will cause problems for someone else. Here's a tip: don't tell tales about your co-workers if you want to have any friends here.

tell tales

Divulge secrets, as in Don't trust him; he's apt to tell tales. This expression was first recorded about 1350. A variant, tell tales out of school, first recorded in 1530, presumably alluded to schoolchildren gossiping but was soon broadened to revealing secret or private information. Both may be obsolescent.

tell tales

If someone tells tales, they tell someone in authority about something bad or wrong that someone else has done. She had no right to tell tales to his mother! They try to get convicted criminals to tell tales on their mates in return for cuts in their own sentences. Note: This expression is used to show disapproval.

tell tales (out of school)

gossip about or reveal another person's secrets, wrong-doings, or faults.

As telling tales to school authorities is a terrible offence in the eyes of schoolchildren, this expression is often used in the context of declining to supply information or gossip.

1991 Mark Tully No Full Stops in India Indira trusted me throughout her life, and just because she's dead it's not right that I should break that trust and tell tales about her.

tell ˈtales (about somebody/something)

(British English) tell somebody, especially somebody in authority, that another person has done something wrong: How did the boss know that I was late for work this morning? I think somebody’s been telling tales about me.

词汇	tell tales
释义	Idiom tell tales to tell someone in authority about something bad that someone has done because you want to cause trouble for them. She wasn't very popular at school - she was the sort of kid who was always telling tales about other kids. (often + about) I had half a mind to tell my boss about him but I didn't want her to think I was telling tales. idiomtell talesto tell someone in authority something that is untrue, or that is a secret, in order to cause problems for someone else:No child should be put in the position of having to tell tales on another child.She's been telling tales behind my back! Well, whatever she told you, it's a lie. tell tales To share secrets, often knowing that doing so will cause problems for someone else. Here's a tip: don't tell tales about your co-workers if you want to have any friends here. tell tales Divulge secrets, as in Don't trust him; he's apt to tell tales. This expression was first recorded about 1350. A variant, tell tales out of school, first recorded in 1530, presumably alluded to schoolchildren gossiping but was soon broadened to revealing secret or private information. Both may be obsolescent. tell tales If someone tells tales, they tell someone in authority about something bad or wrong that someone else has done. She had no right to tell tales to his mother! They try to get convicted criminals to tell tales on their mates in return for cuts in their own sentences. Note: This expression is used to show disapproval. tell tales (out of school) gossip about or reveal another person's secrets, wrong-doings, or faults. As telling tales to school authorities is a terrible offence in the eyes of schoolchildren, this expression is often used in the context of declining to supply information or gossip. 1991 Mark Tully No Full Stops in India Indira trusted me throughout her life, and just because she's dead it's not right that I should break that trust and tell tales about her. tell ˈtales (about somebody/something) (British English) tell somebody, especially somebody in authority, that another person has done something wrong: How did the boss know that I was late for work this morning? I think somebody’s been telling tales about me.
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