单词 | you tell him |
释义 | > as lemmasyou tell him (also her, etc.) c. colloquial. that's telling him (also her, etc.): expressing support for or approval of a forceful statement that someone has made; ‘that's put him or her straight’; ‘that's right’. Similarly you tell him (also her, etc.). Cf. that's telling me (also us) at Phrases 5a(d). ΚΠ 1917 J. T. Foote Dumb-bell of Brookfield iii. 102 Peter took the telegram and read it carefully. He looked up with blazing eyes. 'That's tellin' 'em!' he said. 1941 J. Balch Lamps at High Noon v. 179 ‘If Parano's won't honor us, why we won't honor them.’ ‘That's telling them, friend.’ 1949 M. Lampell Hero vii. 140 ‘On the street I have to stop him from pinching the behinds of women.’ ‘Never mind the women,’ Manuel said, ‘the women do not complain.’ ‘You tell him, baby,’ Joey smiled. 1983 C. Luckham Trafford Tanzi i. in Plays by Women II. 81/2 ‘Girls don't fight, me Mam says so...’ ‘That's it, you tell her, Sue.’ 2004 S. Yocum Price of Admission xliii. 330 ‘Get in the truck, Mitch. My father's life is in danger and I don't plan to sit around here arguing...’ Sally punched the air with her fist. ‘You tell him girl!’ < as lemmas |
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