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

“Salmon,” I ask this morning, “can you tell me in your silliest voice what you want in your lunch?”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

“I love you so much I could taste it / But, girl, your eyes tell me it’s wasted.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

I was always a good player and stuff and everyone would tell me... they'd say: 'You're better than your brothers...'

From BBC • May 2, 2026

He thinks of himself as the investigator’s Boswell, but “it was just my luck to be the only biographer in the world whose subject was determined not to tell me anything about himself.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 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