tell

Related to tell: William Tell
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  • (Do) you mean to tell me (that) (something is the case)?
  • (Go) tell it/that to Sweeney!
  • (go) tell it/that to the marines
  • (I) just want(ed) to tell you (something)
  • (I) won't tell a soul
  • (only) time will tell
  • (there's) no way to tell
  • a/the liar is not believed when he tells the truth
  • as far as I can tell
  • ask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid answer
  • ask me no questions, (and) I'll tell you no lies
  • ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies
  • Ask no questions and hear no lies
  • ask, tell, etc. somebody point blank
  • blood will tell
  • breeding will tell
  • Can I tell (one) who's calling?
  • Can you tell me (something)?
  • can/could teach/tell somebody a thing or two
  • children and fools tell the truth
  • company manners
  • Could I tell him who's calling?
  • could teach (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
  • could tell (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
  • could tell someone a thing or two
  • count noses
  • dead men tell no tales
  • do tell
  • don't ask, don't tell
  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Harass, Don't Pursue
  • Don't make me say it again!
  • don't make me tell you again
  • don't tell a soul
  • don't tell me
  • don't tell tales out of school
  • every picture tells a story
  • going to tell
  • How many times do I have to tell you?
  • I can tell you
  • I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you
  • I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you
  • I tell a lie
  • I tell you
  • I/I'll tell you what
  • I'll tell you
  • just want to say
  • just want(ed) to (do something)
  • kiss and tell
  • kiss and tell, to
  • kiss-and-tell
  • know which is which
  • let me tell you
  • liar is not believed when he tells the truth
  • live to tell the tale
  • May I tell (someone) who's calling?
  • my gut tells me
  • never tell tales out of school
  • no way to tell
  • not be able to tell one end (of something) from the other
  • not know one end (of something) from another
  • not know/not be able to tell one end of something from the other
  • not tell a soul
  • one's bearings
  • pray tell
  • show and tell
  • something tells me
  • something tells me (that)
  • talk to/tell it to the hand
  • tell (one) about (someone or something)
  • tell (one) point-blank
  • tell (one) to (one's) face
  • tell (one) what (one) can do with (something)
  • tell (one) where to get off
  • tell (one) where to put it
  • tell (one) where to shove it
  • tell (one) where to stick it
  • tell (someone or something) apart
  • tell (someone or something) by (something)
  • tell (someone or something) from (someone or something else)
  • tell (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
  • tell (someone) what's what
  • tell (someone's) fortune
  • tell (something) to (one)
  • tell a (little) white lie
  • tell a different story
  • tell a different tale
  • tell a different, another, etc. tale/story
  • tell a thing or two
  • tell a/the tale
  • tell about
  • tell against
  • tell against (someone or something)
  • tell all
  • tell another story
  • tell another tale
  • tell apart
  • tell by
  • tell fortunes
  • tell from
  • tell from else
  • tell from else Go to tell from
  • tell it how it is
  • tell it how/like it is
  • tell it like it is
  • Tell it like it is!
  • tell it like it is, to
  • tell it to the judge
  • tell it to the Marines
  • Tell it to the marines!
  • tell it/that to the marines
  • tell its own story
  • tell its own tale
  • tell its own tale/story
  • tell me
  • tell me about it
  • tell me another
  • tell me another one
  • Tell me another one!
  • Tell me another!
  • tell me something I don't know
  • tell of
  • tell of (something)
  • tell off
  • tell on
  • tell on (one)
  • tell one to face
  • tell people or things apart
  • tell porkies
  • tell somebody where to get off
  • tell somebody where to put/stick something
  • tell someone a thing or two
  • tell someone what to do with something
  • tell someone where to get off
  • tell someone where to put something
  • tell tales
  • tell tales out of school
  • tell tales out of school, to
  • tell that to the marines
  • tell that/it to the Marines
  • tell the (whole) world
  • tell the difference between
  • tell the difference between (someone or something)
  • tell the same story (of something)
  • tell the same tale (of something)
  • tell the same tale/story
  • tell the tale
  • tell the time
  • tell the truth
  • tell the truth and shame the devil
  • tell the whole world
  • tell the world
  • tell things apart
  • tell time
  • tell to
  • tell what to do with
  • tell where to get off
  • tell which is which
  • tell you the truth
  • tell you what
  • tell-all
  • time alone will tell
  • time will tell
  • to tell (you) the truth
  • to tell the truth
  • truth to tell
  • What can I tell you?
  • What did I tell you?
  • Who can tell?
  • won't breathe a word
  • you can never tell with (someone or something)
  • you can't tell a book by its cover
  • You mean to tell me
  • you never can tell
References in classic literature
Besides, if she was she wouldn't be likely to tell the Story Girl."
"Now, are you going to tell us your news?" asked Felicity impatiently.
The Golden Road
It was so nice to be able to tell you and to have your sympathy.
He was going to tell me how unhappy he would be if I did not care for him, but when he saw me cry he said he was a brute and would not add to my present trouble.
Dracula
At first it asks only for stories, then it asks for history for its own sake, and for poetry for its own sake; history, I mean, for the knowledge it gives us of the past; poetry for joy in the beautiful words, and not merely for the stories they tell. Then, as a nation's needs and knowledge grow, it demands ever more and more books on all kinds of subjects.
English Literature For Boys And Girls
"Tell the gentleman that I need not repeat to him a description of my ideals.
The Four Million
If it does not seem so to you, I am quite sure I am wholly mistaken; for your unchanged poor child confides in your knowledge and goodness more than she could ever tell you if she was to try.
Little Dorrit
"Tell him the one about the captain who went crazy and imagined he was the Flying Dutchman."
Annes House of Dreams
W.A.--Sir, it is impossible to give you a full account of it; I am too full to hold it, and yet have no tongue to express it; but let her have said what she will, though I cannot give you an account of it, this I can tell you, that I have resolved to amend and reform my life.
Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
I'll go and tell her that you're here, Mr--You never told me your name.'
Uneasy Money
But, with all these allowances and drawbacks, I can tell you one thing, Noel.
No Name
Telemachus and the son of Nestor stayed their horses at the gate, whereon Eteoneus servant to Menelaus came out, and as soon as he saw them ran hurrying back into the house to tell his Master.
Odyssey
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake.
Three Men In A Boat
I cannot let her watch for ME in vain, till I have done my best: then tell me where the Fire-Spirits dwell, and I will ask of them the flame that shall give life to the little child and such great happiness to the sad, lonely mother: tell me the path, and let me go."
Flower Fables
'Well, but, brother,' says the eldest sister, 'you must tell Mrs.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders