let me tell you
Synonym of I can tell you.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Let me tell you, this pizza is delicious.”
“Let me tell you, the traffic was so bad that I arrived an hour late to the party.”
“Let me tell you, the sheer scale of the project was daunting, yet the team remained committed to finishing it on time.”
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a little bird told me
I received the information from a source which I am not prepared to disclose.
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all told
With everything included, counted, or summed; in total.
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buy to let
To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it
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don't let the door hit you on the way out
Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.
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don't tell me
Used to introduce a guess at a fact or situation, as if forestalling the other speaker's utterance.
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I can tell you
Emphasises the truth of a statement.
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I tell a lie
I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.
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I tell you
Synonym of I can tell you.
Last updated August 10, 2026