i told you

Meaning

1. Editorial60% of films

   used to remind someone of a fact, explanation, promise, or refusal you have already stated

   I told you.

2. Oxford35% of films

   used when sth bad has happened, to remind sb that you warned them about it and they did not listen to you

   See, I told you we should have killed that bastard.

In the movies · 207

• - This doesn't make sense. - I told you.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967
• I told you.The King and I2018
• See, I told you we should have killed that bastard.Deuces Wild2002
• I told you. I told you, see?Boiling Point2021
• I told you.Oldboy2013
• I told you.Knocked Up2007
• I told you.The Trip2011
• I told you...We Bought a Zoo2011

Learn it in full scenes

• Boiling Point2021
  • The Food Safety Inspection
  • Health Inspector Downgrades the Kitchen
  • Andy Tries to Hold the Kitchen
• The Trip2011
  • Steve and Rob Set Off
  • Steve and Rob Share a Room
  • The Michael Caine Impression Duel

From the same entry

• all told
• don't tell me
• I tell you what
• I tell 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

• make money
• take advantage of
• believe it or not
• either way
• rather than
• on purpose
• have a nice day
• now and again
• or else
• every other
• as usual
• no chance