tell tales

Meaning

1. tell tales (about sth / on sb)

   to tell sb about sth that another person has done wrong

In the movies · 3

• And I'm yet so near the manners of my mother that upon the least occasion more, mine eyes will tell tales of me.Twelfth Night2012
• What is all this slobbering and pantingHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019
• A lot of people, like, um 'like my friend Carol, you know I'm not telling tales out of school but 'a lot of people can just sleep around, you know' But not me, I really have to like the guy.Time After Time1979
• "Son Tells Tale of Murder."Oldboy2013
• Or tell fairy tales about Mr. Lorea?Triple Frontier2019
• ...and live to tell the tale.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001
• No one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale. Get in there!How to Train Your Dragon2010
• And I'll tell you me tale of woe.The Lego Movie2014

Learn it in full scenes

• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing
• The Lego Movie2014
  • Emmet Follows the Instructions
  • Emmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
  • Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance

From the same entry

• all told
• don't tell me
• 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 the time