English Dictionary

Definition of “tell a tale”

tell a tale

Camp Fire is hard to assess but the betting will tell a tale.

Sun, News of the World (2001)

Chaucer chose to tell a tale about pagans, and the fatal result is inevitable: secular life offers no happy endings, only death.

Benson, David C Chaucer's `Troilus and Criseyde

He had an Irish mother and could tell a tale and usually did.

Butler, Gwendoline Coffin on the Water

If he survived, he would hear witness as no one had ever done before: He would tell a tale of near-extinction from the survivor's side.

Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2001)

Its financial indicators in the 5 years between 1992-93 and 1997-98 tell a tale of top-level performances.

Business Today (1998)

The newest numbers, the opinions of 1,351 Albertans collected in the last few days by JMCK polling, tell a tale of triumph.

Edmonton Sun (2003)

Then again, he was able to tell a tale of how going to Arsenal games helped him to bond with his distant, divorced father.

Times, Sunday Times (2004)

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