tell me

1. Also, tell me about it. I know, I agree with you, as in Since the layoffs I have been overloaded with work—Tell me! or We had a hard time finding the place.—Tell 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

My father used to tell me, “Mstyslav, nobody’s interested in your emotions. Don’t show them.”

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Just tell me if I make you uncomfortable.

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I picture Grandma weaving the threads together, humming and chuckling while she brainstorms the next mind-bending story she’s going to tell me about Ghana.

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She’ll tell me that it’s physical proof of our family’s connection to the abosom, the Ghanaian gods.

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“The one your mother used to tell me about?”

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