tell me about it

tell me about it
«Скажи мне об этом». К сожалению (для тех, кто учит английский), это выражение означает прямо противоположное: не говори мне об этом [т. к. я уже это знаю]. (Ср. русск. «и не говори!»). Оно используется как восклицание в разговорной речи и заменило более раннее you're telling me! — Ты мне говоришь! Оно употребляется с 1920-х гг. в США, а десять лет спустя пришло в Великобританию.

'I had to wait four hours to see a doctor!' — 'Tell me about it! Things don't get any better, do they?' — «Я должен был ждать приёма врача четыре часа!» — «И не говори! Ситуация не становится лучше, правда?».


English-Russian dictionary of expressions. 2014.

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  • tell me about it — I have had the same experience. “I love my sister, but she can be a real bother sometimes.” “Oh, tell me about it.” Usage notes: said in reaction to someone else s statement, as in the example …   New idioms dictionary

  • tell tales (about something somebody) — tell ˈtales (about sth/on sb) idiom (BrE) to tell sb about sth that another person has done wrong related noun ↑telltale Main entry: ↑tellidiom …   Useful english dictionary


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