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

Lucy Ness, 28, told the BBC: "Police visited to tell me that the ashes that he had given me were animal remains."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

"Oslo has seen booking growth of 154 percent year-over-year, Helsinki 124 percent... Those numbers tell me that travellers are actively looking beyond the traditional summer hotspots," said the expert and founder of Coolcation Adventures.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

“If I just took apart this trigger and put it on a printer, how is anyone, computer or human, going to tell me how I intend to use it?” he asked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 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

“Well, learn plenty,” I told him, “and tell me all about it when and if I get back.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck