don't tell me

Meaning

1. Oxford50% of films

   used to say that you know or can guess what sb is going to say, especially because it is typical of them

2. Editorial40% of films

   Used to refuse orders, advice, or instructions: stop telling me what to do, how to act, or what rule to follow.

In the movies · 27

• Don't tell me... Was she killed?His Girl Friday1940
• Don't tell me. It's a flat tire.Singin' in the Rain1952
• Don't tell me. Still in love?The Dark Knight Rises2012
• Don't tell me.Where the Crawdads Sing2022
• Don't tell me.Gone Girl2014
• Don't tell me. Don't tell me. Let me guess.American Psycho2000
• Yeah, don't tell me.The Town2010
• Don't tell me.Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost1999

Learn it in full scenes

• His Girl Friday1940
  • Hildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
  • Hildy Quits the Post
  • Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin
• The Town2010
  • The Crew Learns the Hostage's Address
  • FBI Explains the Charlestown Trade
  • Krista Shows Up at the Bar

From the same entry

• all told
• I tell you what
• I tell you
• I told you
• live, to tell the tale
• tell a different story
• tell its own tale
• tell me
• tell me about it
• tell me another
• tell tales
• tell the time

More idioms

• get moving
• thumbs up
• hit the road
• watch your mouth
• give five
• get a load of
• to god
• with pleasure
• while you're at it
• off the record
• one of a kind
• be mixed up in