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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Example Sentences

On a recent episode of NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!,”

From The Wall Street Journal

My mom was the first to tell me.

From Los Angeles Times

I knew he'd tell me that, talking about a fellow Scot, but I soon found out he was telling me the truth.

From BBC

What can you tell me about his character?

From Slate

Go and think about it for 24 hours, and then tell me whether you want to be a part of it.’”

From Los Angeles Times