tell me

Idioms  

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]

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tell me

"Now they tell me he will be gone -- my heart feels hollow."

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

From what my lieutenants tell me, it’s being well-received, the numbers are good.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

I expected my husband to tell me I was making too much of it, but instead he agreed with me.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Last summer, when Sun had just landed from space after paying $29m to fly there with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company, he rang me to tell me about the experience.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Just tell me where to go,” she says.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly