tell tales

Speech parts

1. tell tales - Noun

2. tell tales - Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic) To lie, to be making false claims.
Don't listen to him; he's telling tales.

(UK) To report someone in authority for a wrongdoing.

tell tales

plural of tell tale

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

gossiping talking tittle-tattle blab tattle let the cat out of the bag speak out dish the dirt

Antonyms

keep quiet

Examples

I first began to tell tales to delight the world and make it wiser... Karen Blixen

To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time. Maurice Sendak

She speaketh as she would créepe into your bosome. And when the meale mouth hath woon the bottome of your stomake, than will the pickthanke it tell To your most enmies, you to bye and fell. To tell tales out of schoole, that is hir great lust. Looke what she knowth, blab it wist, out it must. John Heywood

Some who just tell tales of themselves. Italian Proverb

To tell tales out of school. Japanese Proverb

Never tell tales out of school. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

tell something in advance tell stories tell tale tell tales on tell tales out of school tell the difference