to tell one's tale: to relate one's story; (also) to say what one has to say, to deliver one's message.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > tell a story [verb (intransitive)] (8) to tell one's taleOE to tell one's tale: to relate one's story; (also) to say what one has to say, to deliver one's message. narrate1795 intransitive. To give an account, recount a story. to spin a yarn1819 to spin a yarn (figurative, originally Nautical slang), to tell a story (usually a long one); also, ‘to pitch a tale’. Hence yarn = a (long) story… yarn1859 intransitive. To ‘spin a yarn’, tell a story; also, to chat or talk. to spin a twist1867 Nautical. Each of the strands of which a rope consists. Also to spin a twist (figurative): see quot. 1867. Subcategories:— be told in story (1) — become embellished in telling (1) — pass on to another part of narrative (1) |
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