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Idioms and Phrases
Also, tell me about it . I know, I agree with you, as in Since the layoffs I have been overloaded with work鈥擳ell me! or We had a hard time finding the place.鈥擳ell me about it! It took me all morning . Identical to a literal request to be told about something, this expression must be distinguished from it by the context and the speaker's tone. [ Colloquial ; second half of 1900s]Example Sentences
鈥淚t鈥檚 an easy question for a patient to ask their physician: 鈥楾ell me what you think the best case is?
Tell me what you think the worst case is?鈥 鈥 she said.
"She phoned me...to say she's sorry to tell me and that she thinks Karen has died. That was the first I heard about it," he said.
Tell me about some of the new people, because you've got an A+ list.
鈥淚鈥檓 kind of at a point of, either execute me or tell me you鈥檙e not going to,鈥 he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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