live to tell the tale (English, verb)
expansion: live to tell the tale (third-person singular simple present lives to tell the tale, present participle living to tell the tale, simple past and past participle lived to tell the tale)
Senses:
glosses: To survive some difficulty, illness, etc.
tags: idiomatic
informal
literary
Forms:
form: lives to tell the tale
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: living to tell the tale
tags: participle
present
form: lived to tell the tale
tags: participle
past
form: lived to tell the tale
tags: past