tell smb
1tell smb off — speak to angrily He told his neighbor off after their music was too loud last night …
2tell on — (smb) reveal the activities or wrongdoings of someone by telling others She told on her brother for eating the cake. (from Idioms in Speech) to affect; to influence; to have a marked effect or a definite result (used mostly negatively) So severe… …
3tell upon — (smb) reveal the activities or wrongdoings of someone by telling others She told on her brother for eating the cake. (from Idioms in Speech) to affect; to influence; to have a marked effect or a definite result (used mostly negatively) So severe… …
4let smb know — tell, inform Let me know when you are ready to go to the movie …
5send smb packing — tell someone to leave, dismiss someone He was sent packing because of his bad attitude to his job …
6give\ smb.\ to\ understand — • give (smb) to understand v. phr. informal 1. To make a person think that something is true but not tell him; suggest; hint. Mr. Johnson gave Billy to understand that he would pay him if he helped him clean the yard. 2. To make a person… …
7cut smb off — stop someone from saying something, disconnect someone on the phone I tried to tell him about the accident but he cut me off before I had a chance …
8draw smb out — make a person talk or tell something She was very quiet but we finally were able to draw her out so that she would join the party …
9thing — n. deed event 1) to do a thing (she did a nice thing when she offered to help; to do great things; to do the right thing) 2) a bad; difficult; easy; good; mean; nasty; nice; sensible; strange; stupid; terrible thing; the right; wrong thing 3) a… …
10palm — I n. part of the hand 1) to read smb. s palm ( to tell smb. s fortune ) 2) (misc.) to have an itching palm ( to have a great desire for money, bribes ); to grease smb. s palm ( to bribe smb. ) II n. a potted; royal palm * * * [pɑːm] royal palm to …
