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

“It’s not going to tell me how to fix things,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

"My family is in there. They tell me my sister and her children are there, and my brother's children," 25-year-old Wilker Molalla told AFP as he waited to be called to identify his dead.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

“And that means the person who has to stop it will be you, or Marco. Can you tell me you will do that?”

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

She was quieter and not her usual happy, cheerful self, but she did not tell me why.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

“You know you can tell me anything—even if I get upset at first, I’m always going to calm down and be there for you. Both you and Arlo.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold