Idiom
live to tell the tale
Meaning
To survive some difficulty, illness, etc.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The storm was scary, but we lived to tell the tale.”
“After the long hike through the desert without enough water, we were exhausted but lived to tell the tale.”
“Though the company faced a near-total collapse during the financial crisis, the management team navigated the turmoil and lived to tell the tale.”
Examples
simple
“The storm was scary, but we lived to tell the tale.”
contextual
“After the long hike through the desert without enough water, we were exhausted but lived to tell the tale.”
complex
“Though the company faced a near-total collapse during the financial crisis, the management team navigated the turmoil and lived to tell the tale.”
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