tell on

TELL ON SOMEBODY
1. To report one's misdeed or bad behavior to someone in a position of authority or someone who is affected by it. ( This person can be specified between "tell" and "on. " )
- to tell someone in authority about the bad behavior or actions of ( someone else )
- tell a person in authority about something bad that somebody has done
- If you tell on someone, you give information about them to a person in authority, especially if they have done something wrong.
- to give information about someone's bad behavior or secrets
💠 If you don’t stop hitting, I’m going to tell on you.
💠 Never mind, I won't tell on you.
💠 Promise not to tell on me!
💠 What do you do?
All sorts of things.
Like what?
At noon I sell left - over rice on the lower side. . .
Find taxis/taxies for patients. . .
Jobs like that.
Ever dealt on the black market?
No, no!
Afraid? I wouldn't tell on you.
I wouldn't know how.
And if you did know. . .
Don't know perhaps I would. . .
You son of a bitch! Listen. . .
You should leave what you're doing and only work for me.
کار اصلی ت چیه؟
کار اصلی ندارم. یه کارایی میکنم.
مثلاً چیکار میکنی؟
مثلاً. . مثلاً ظهرها پایین شهر آشغال پلو میفروشم. .
دم مریض خونه واسه مریضا تاکسی میگیرم. .
از همین کارا دیگه.
قاچاق - ماچاق و ازین جور قرطی گری ها که نمیکنی؟
نه بابا، نه!
چرا میترسی؟ من کاریت ندارم.
نه جون شما، همین ییکی بلد نیستم.
بلد بودی میکردی نه. . .
چه میدونم، لابد میکردم دیگه. .
اَی پدرسوخته! بیا جلو. . .
تو باید تموم کارات ول کنی و فقط تو موسسه من کار کنی.
2. To begin to show a negative effect that something is having on one.
- [mostly UK]
to have a bad effect on someone's health or behaviour
💠 A succession of late nights had begun to tell on him and his work was suffering.
💠 The lack of sleep from having two young children is really telling on Charles lately.
💠 The increasing reliance of consumers on mobile devices has begun to tell on the print industry.