4PHRASE 大难不死;逃过劫难;幸免于难 If you survive a dangerous or frightening experience and so are able to tell people about it afterwards, you can say that you lived to tell the tale . 大难不死;逃过劫难;幸免于难
You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.
你这次算是逃过了一劫,不过谁知道你的运气还会持续多久呢?
5PHRASE 造谣;泄密 If someone tells tales about you, they tell other people things about you which are untrue or which you wanted to be kept secret. 造谣;泄密
I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + TALE | TALE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤long, rambling冗長的/沒頭沒腦的冗長故事▸➤familiar熟悉的故事▸➤amazing, bizarre, curious, extraordinary, fantastic, magical, marvellous/marvelous, strange令人驚異的故事;奇異的傳說;不可思議的故事;奇妙的傳說▸➤awful, sad, sorry, terrible, tragic令人不快的/淒慘的/令人難過的/駭人的/悲慘的故事◇the sorry tale of his marriage breakdown他婚姻破裂的傷心往事➤chilling, gruesome, hair-raising, harrowing, horror, macabre令人不寒而慄的/駭人聽聞的/令人汗毛直豎的/令人痛不欲生的/恐怖/令人毛骨悚然的故事▸➤lurid, sordid, tawdry聳人聽聞的/骯髒的/粗俗的故事▸➤dark陰鬱的故事◇a dark tale of sexual obsession關於性痴迷的淒慘故事➤mysterious, spooky神秘的/陰森恐怖的故事▸➤funny, humorous, witty (especially BrE) 妙趣橫生的/幽默的/詼諧的故事▸➤fascinating, interesting引人入勝的/有趣的故事▸➤heart-warming暖人心房的故事▸➤simple簡單的故事▸➤fanciful, incredible, tall, unlikely (especially BrE) 虛無縹緲的/難以置信的/荒誕不經的/不大可信的故事◇a tall tale that would fool no one一個沒人會信的荒誕故事➤true真實的故事▸➤old wives'無稽之談▸➤coming-of-age, rags-to-riches成長的/白手起家的故事◇the rags-to-riches tale of an orphan who becomes a star一個孤兒由貧到富成為明星的故事➤epic, heroic史詩/英雄故事◇an epic tale of courage and heroism一個充溢着勇氣和英雄氣概的史詩故事➤cautionary, moral, morality警世/寓言/道德故事▸➤classic, folk, old, traditional經典/民間/古老/傳統故事▸➤childhood童年故事▸➤fairy (oftenfigurative) 童話故事◇Winning the French Open was a fairy-tale end to her career.法國公開賽折桂為她的職業生涯書寫了一個童話般的結局。➤gothic, romantic哥特式/浪漫故事▸➤original原來的故事VERB + TALE➤narrate, recount, regale sb with, relate, tell (sb)講故事;以故事逗某人開心;(給某人)講故事◇She regaled us with tales of her wild youth.她講述她青年時的荒唐事,逗我們開心。➤hear聽故事▸➤make up, spin, weave虛構/編造/杜撰故事▸➤read, write閱讀/寫作故事▸➤begin開始一個故事TALE + VERB➤begin故事開始▸➤unfold故事展開▸➤concern sb/sth, involve sb/sth故事與⋯相關;故事牽涉⋯▸➤be set in...故事發生在⋯◇a tale set in 19th-century Moscow發生在 19 世紀莫斯科的故事➤be based on sth故事以⋯為基礎PREPOSITION➤tale about關於⋯的故事◇a tale about a hungry snake飢餓的蛇的故事➤tale of⋯的故事◇tales of adventure冒險故事◇the strange tale of the man who sold his hair一個賣掉自己頭髮的男人的離奇故事PHRASES➤a tale of woe (= about failure, bad luck, etc.)(有關失敗、厄運等的)悲慘故事▸➤(have) a tale to tell有故事要講◇Each of the survivors had a terrible tale to tell.每一個幸存者都有一個恐怖的故事可講。➤tell tales (= to say things about sb that are untrue or that they would prefer to be secret) (BrE) 搬弄是非;揭人隱私