Tell me about it.
우리나라 말에서 " 잘한다 " 가
그 표현을 쓰는 상황이나 말투에 따라 의미가 바뀌 듯이,
Tell me about it 도 여러가지 뜻으르 이해될 수 있다
크게 보면 원래 뜻인 " 나한테 말해봐 "
관용 표현인 " 내 말이 그 말이야 " 로 나눠볼 수 있다
첫번째 뜻으로 쓰일 때는 주로 한 캐릭터가 머뭇거리고 있을 때
친구들이 " Tell me about it! " 이라고 외치게 되죠
이럴 때는 " Spill it out! " " 털어 놔 " 라는 표현도 잘 쓴답니다.
관용 표현으로 쓰일 때는 "네가 말하는 그것을 나도 이미 알고 있다" 라는 뜻을 가지면서
" 내 말이, 그러게 (말이야), (나도 아니까) 말도 마, 누가 아니래 " 등 다양하게 의역될 수 있다.
이럴 때 쓰는 다른 관용 표현으로
You can say that again, That's my word, You have my word 등의 표현이 있습니다.
친구가 고민을 말하려고 머뭇거리거나 심히 공감되는 이야기를 할 때는
Tell me about it 이라고 외쳐주세요
● grammatical expression: tell me about it
We have a few different ways to show agreement with someone else in English.
Today’s expression “tell me about it” is one of them. We use it when we want to indicate to another person that we completely understand and agree with a statement they have just made. For example:
A: The summers in Tokyo are so hot and humid.
B: Tell me about it! I sweat like a pig every summer here.
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A: The new video game from ABC Company is terrible.
B: Tell me about it! I just bought it and I think it’s really boring.
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A: In high school, chemistry was so hard for me.
B: Tell me about it! It was my worst grade in high school.
So, as you can see from the examples, we use “tell me about it” to express the fact that we have had the same experience as the other person and we completely agree with them about it. Generally speaking, we use it when the first person has used an adjective to describe the situation as in the examples: “hot and humid”, “terrible” and “hard”.
■ A way of saying you agree with someone.
Tom: Man, what a rough day.
Tim: Tell me about it.
■ tell me about it
1) A way of stating that they're talking about something you know very well or agree with.
2) A way of stating that they're actually talking about you. (Often used as sarcasm).
1)
Ben: Punching hurts people
Frank: Tell me about it!
2)
Ben: Did you tell her about your "problems"
Frank: Being god-like isn't a problem
Ben: Tell me about it
3. tell me about it
When somebody sais something about the situation your in and its obvious you be like Yeah tell me bout it or when something is said that is obvious
Mannn we been waitin in line for like an hour
Yeah tell me bout it
4. tell me about it
Said when talking about something you've experienced.
I hate when he does this.
Tell me about it.