tell tale
告知
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Definitions
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- : a person who heedlessly or maliciously reveals private or confidential matters; tattler; talebearer.
- : a thing serving to reveal or disclose something.
- : any of various indicating or registering devices, as a time clock.
- : Music. a gauge on an organ for indicating the air pressure.
- : an indicator showing the position of a ship's rudder.
- : a row of strips hung over a track to warn train crew members on freight trains that a low bridge, tunnel, or the like is approaching.
- : Yachting. a feather, string, or similar device, often attached to the port and starboard shrouds and to the backstay, to indicate the relative direction of the wind.
- : Squash. a narrow piece of metal across the front wall of a court, parallel to and extending 17 inches above the base: a ball striking this is an out.
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Examples
As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.
Police, their representatives and supporters tell us, ensure our freedom of speech through our ability to protest.
“Jeffrey wanted me to tell you that you looked so pretty,” the female voice said into my disbelieving ear.
They were going to tell their story, consequences be damned.
And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
He wanted to tell her that if she called her father, it would mean the end of everything for them, but he withheld this.
Monsieur,” growls the baron, “stone walls have ears, you say if only they had tongues; what tales these could tell!