live to tell the tale

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To survive some difficulty, illness, etc. idiomatic,informal,literary
    — Living with gun violence can desensitize you. Humor was our coping mechanism, designed to keep complex emotions at bay. I’m ashamed to say that I made fun of family members who were shot and lived to tell the tale.

词形变化

lives to tell the tale present,singular,third-person living to tell the tale participle,present lived to tell the tale participle,past lived to tell the tale past
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