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hidden talent
old wives' tale
reach a stalemate
tall tale
tell tales out of school
Idiom(s): tell tales out of schoolTheme: GOSSIP
to tell secrets or spread rumors.
• I wish that John would keep quiet. He's telling tales out of school again.
• If you tell tales out of school a lot, people won't know when to believe you.
tell its own tale
Idiom(s): tell its own story AND tell its own taleTheme: REVELATION
[for the state of something] to indicate clearly what has happened.
• The upturned boat told its own tale. The fisherman had drowned.
• The girl's tear-stained face told its own story.
Dead men tell no tales
A dead person cannot cause difficulties by revealing something that it would be preferable to conceal.Old wive's tale
A proverb or piece of advice that is commonly accepted as truth and is handed down the generations, but is normally false.Tale of the tape
This idiom is used when comparing things, especially in sports; it comes from boxing where the fighters would be measured with a tape measure before a fight.fairy tale|fairy|fairy story|story|tale
n. An inaccurate, even false account of something; a result of wishful thinking. Jeff said he was going to be promoted soon, but we all suspect that it is only one of his customary fairy tales.talent scout|scout|talent
n. phr. A person employed by a large organization to seek out promising and gifted individuals. Gordon has been working as a talent scout for a television program.Compare: HEAD HUNTING2.
talent show|show|talent
n. An entertainment in which new entertainers try to win a prize. Mary won the talent show by her dancing. The people liked Bill's singing in the talent show.tall story|story|tale|tall|tall tale
n. phr. See: FISH STORY.tell tales out of school|out of school|school|tale
v. phr. To tell something that is secret; tell others something that is not meant to be known. Don't tell Jane anything. She is always telling tales out of school.Compare: LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, SPILL THE BEANS.
tale
talesee old wives' tale; tall tale; tell tales; thereby hangs a tale.
tell tales
tell talesDivulge secrets, as in Don't trust him; he's apt to tell tales. This expression was first recorded about 1350. A variant, tell tales out of school, first recorded in 1530, presumably alluded to schoolchildren gossiping but was soon broadened to revealing secret or private information. Both may be obsolescent.
thereby hangs a tale
thereby hangs a taleThat detail or incident reminds one of another story, as in So he went without supper, but thereby hangs a tale. This expression, embodying the pun on tail and tale, was used by Shakespeare in at least four of his plays and presumably was well known before that. [1500s]
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