tell+tales+out+of+school
1 tell tales out of school — {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 …
2 tell tales out of school — {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 …
3 tell tales out of school — To reveal confidential matters • • • Main Entry: ↑tale …
4 tell\ tales\ out\ of\ school — 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 …
5 tell tales out of school — reveal secrets, tell secrets …
6 never tell tales out of school — The phrase to tell tales out of school is also used. 1530 W. TYNDALE Practice of Prelates B1v So that what cometh once in may never out for feare of tellinge tales out of scole. 1616 J. WITHALS Dict. (rev. ed.) 573 You must not tel tales out of… …
7 out of school — See: TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL …
8 out of school — See: TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL …
9 out\ of\ school — See: tell tales out of school …
10 tell — see tell the truth and shame the devil blood will tell you can’t tell a book by its cover children and fools tell the truth dead men tell no tales every picture tells a story …
11 tell — I. /tɛl / (say tel) verb (told, telling) –verb (t) 1. to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell one s life story. 2. to make known by speech or writing (a fact, news, information, etc.); communicate. 3. to …
12 school — {{11}}school (n.1) place of instruction, O.E. scol, from L. schola, from Gk. skhole school, lecture, discussion, also leisure, spare time, originally a holding back, a keeping clear, from skhein to get + ole by analogy with bole a throw, stole …
13 out — see out of debt, out of danger out of sight, out of mind better be out of the world than out of the fashion there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it when the gorse is out of bloom, kissing’s out of fashion …
14 school — see experience keeps a dear school never tell tales out of school …
15 school — See: TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL …
16 school — See: TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL …
17 school — See: tell tales out of school …
18 tell — W1S1 [tel] v past tense and past participle told [təuld US tould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(communicate something)¦ 2¦(show something)¦ 3¦(what somebody should do)¦ 4¦(know)¦ 5¦(recognize difference)¦ 6 tell yourself something 7¦(warn)¦ 8¦(tell somebody about… …
19 Tales from the Cryptkeeper — Genre Animated, horror, fantasy, science fiction, comedy Developed by Libby Hinson Ben Joseph Directed by Laura Shepherd Starring John Kassir (voice) Elizabeth Hanna (voice) …
20 Tales from the Crypt (comics) — Tales from the Crypt Cover to Tales from the Crypt #24. Art by Al Feldstein. Publication information Publisher …
