tell tales

释义

1. tell tales (about sth / on sb)

   揭人短处；说长道短

   to tell sb about sth that another person has done wrong

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• 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
• no man who has laid eyes upon it has ever returned to tell the tale 1994573The Mummy Returns2001

在完整场景里学

• 第十二夜2012
  • 公爵听曲犯相思：dying fall（渐弱的收尾）
  • 女扮男装去侍奉公爵：word for word（一字不差）
  • 吹牛跳舞又催去求爱：cut a caper（蹦跳一步）

同一词条的短语

• 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