英语词汇“to tell tales out of school”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P6. figurative. to tell tales out of (†the) school and variants: to repeat private or secret matters; to gossip indiscreetly. Cf. to tell tales at tale n. 3c.Occasionally in literal use, with reference to a schoolchild.

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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > disclose or reveal secrets > disclose damaging secrets

to tell tales out of (the) school1556

1556 J. Heywood Prov. (rev. ed.) i. x. sig. Biii To tell tales out of schole, that is hir great lust.

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 6^v I shoulde tell tales out of the schoole, and bee Ferruled for my fault, or hyssed at for a blab, yf I layde all the orders open before your eyes.

1630 J. Mead Let. 6 Mar. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) II. 65 We have some news at Cambridge, but it is too long to relate; besides, I must not tell tales forth of school.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iv. §10. 70 I am very prone to think that the ground of the great pique in some of the Greek writers against Herodotus, was, that he told too many tales out of School, and had discovered too much of the Infancy of Greece.

1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 221 Which book, were it extant..would tell tales out of the school.

1691 J. Norris Refl. upon Conduct Human Life (ed. 2) Ep. Ded. sig. A6^v 'Tis well if I do not..make them Angry with me for telling out of School.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxvi. 347 I was taught early not to tell Tales out of School.

1785 Mem. & Adventures Flea I. iv. 99 Pox of your virtue, Bessy!—what, you tell tales out of school, do you?

1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence II. ix. 150 ‘Never tell tales out of school, dearie,’ rejoined Miss Patty, patting the boy's cheek.

1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. vi. 102 A very handsome..supper, at which, to tell tales out of school,..the guests used to behave abominably.

1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 31 Possessing a slight failing in the shape of ‘telling tales out of school’ as the saying is.

1921 Texas State Jrnl. Med. Nov. 333 Perhaps it will not be telling tales out of school to say that plans are on foot looking to an itinerary most attractive indeed.

1965 C. Bukowski Let. 12 Apr. in Screams from Balcony (1998) 144 Sheri M...gets pissed whenever she believes I mention her in a poem. She says I talk out of school or something like that.

1990 R. Pilcher September xvii. 210 I'm not telling tales out of school. She particularly asked me to let you know.

单词	to tell tales out of school
释义	> as lemmas to tell tales out of (†the) school P6. figurative. to tell tales out of (†the) school and variants: to repeat private or secret matters; to gossip indiscreetly. Cf. to tell tales at tale n. 3c.Occasionally in literal use, with reference to a schoolchild. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > disclose or reveal secrets > disclose damaging secrets to tell tales out of (the) school1556 1556 J. Heywood Prov. (rev. ed.) i. x. sig. Biii To tell tales out of schole, that is hir great lust. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 6^v I shoulde tell tales out of the schoole, and bee Ferruled for my fault, or hyssed at for a blab, yf I layde all the orders open before your eyes. 1630 J. Mead Let. 6 Mar. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) II. 65 We have some news at Cambridge, but it is too long to relate; besides, I must not tell tales forth of school. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iv. §10. 70 I am very prone to think that the ground of the great pique in some of the Greek writers against Herodotus, was, that he told too many tales out of School, and had discovered too much of the Infancy of Greece. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 221 Which book, were it extant..would tell tales out of the school. 1691 J. Norris Refl. upon Conduct Human Life (ed. 2) Ep. Ded. sig. A6^v 'Tis well if I do not..make them Angry with me for telling out of School. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxvi. 347 I was taught early not to tell Tales out of School. 1785 Mem. & Adventures Flea I. iv. 99 Pox of your virtue, Bessy!—what, you tell tales out of school, do you? 1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence II. ix. 150 ‘Never tell tales out of school, dearie,’ rejoined Miss Patty, patting the boy's cheek. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. vi. 102 A very handsome..supper, at which, to tell tales out of school,..the guests used to behave abominably. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 31 Possessing a slight failing in the shape of ‘telling tales out of school’ as the saying is. 1921 Texas State Jrnl. Med. Nov. 333 Perhaps it will not be telling tales out of school to say that plans are on foot looking to an itinerary most attractive indeed. 1965 C. Bukowski Let. 12 Apr. in Screams from Balcony (1998) 144 Sheri M...gets pissed whenever she believes I mention her in a poem. She says I talk out of school or something like that. 1990 R. Pilcher September xvii. 210 I'm not telling tales out of school. She particularly asked me to let you know. extracted from schooln.¹ < as lemmas
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