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

Kelly: Tell me one thing about yourself that might surprise me:

From BBC

"They'd tell me all about Toni Morrison and Kimberlé Crenshaw, as if they had read all their books while locked up during Covid. So it was nice to make fun of these ridiculous experiences at the contest."

From BBC

The president’s response to my request was to tell me I had to pay $50,000 in a bond just to be able to ask for the service.

From Salon

"I can take my lead from the police, if they were to tell me there was an inability to respond and to police the protests, then there are powers that are available," she explained.

From BBC

But in reality, legal experts tell me the threshold for intervention is high.

From BBC