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live to tell the tale

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live to tell the tale
to still be alive after a dangerous or frightening experience I should imagine very few people have fallen from that height and lived to tell the tale. I had dinner with her and lived to tell the tale.
See also: live, tale, tell
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And, indeed, I am done with this description: as I live to tell the tale (or spoil it, if I choose) I will make shorter work of this particular business than I found it at the time.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
Very few men could go through what I have and live to tell the tale.
The Red One by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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