Meanings
- informalUsed to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement.
"I guess it's a lot of work for a cop to juggle personal relationships." / "Tell me about it."
1996, J. D. Robb, Immortal in Death, page 1832 more examples
"Go sit with him. I think he's a little depressed. It's not easy to grow old." / "Tell me about it."
2007, Daniel Silva, The Secret Servant, page 364"We're on the Air Force family planning routine. Mitch's been out of town so much we haven't even had a chance to try and get pregnant." / "Tell me about it."
2008, Sara Rosett, Staying Home Is a Killer, page 90Synonyms: you said it, amen
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUsed to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement.
Translations
Arabic حَدِّثْ وَلَا حَرَجَ
- حَدِّثْ وَلَا حَرَجَ (ḥaddiṯ walā ḥaraja)''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Chinese Mandarin 可不是
- 可不是 (kěbù shì)''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Finnish sanopa muuta
- sanopa muuta''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
French je ne te le fais pas dire, ne m'en parle pas
- je ne te le fais pas dire''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
- ne m'en parle pas''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
- sans blague''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Greek εγώ να δεις
- εγώ να δεις (egó na deis)''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Hindi मुझे इसके बारे में बताओ
- मुझे इसके बारे में बताओ (mujhe iske bāre mẽ batāo)''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Hungarian ne is mondd, nem mondod
- ne is mondd''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
- nem mondod''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
- nekem mondod?''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Italian a chi lo dici
- a chi lo dici''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Polish nawet mi nie mów
- nawet mi nie mów''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Portuguese nem me fala, nem me digas
- nem me fala''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
- nem me digas''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Russian и не говори, и не говорите
- и не говори (i ne govori)''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
- и не говорите (i ne govorite)''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Spanish si lo sabré yo, ni me digás
- si lo sabré yo''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
- ni me digás''used to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement''
Cite this entry
tell me about it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tell%20me%20about%20it
“tell me about it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tell%20me%20about%20it. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tell me about it,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tell%20me%20about%20it.
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