Telling a Morrison

On the 1st November 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron accused Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison of lying about cancelling a multi-billion-dollar submarine contract. Famously he said ‘I don’t think, I know’ when a journalist asked him if he thought Morrison lied. On Sunday 14th November 2021 Twitter account @bluejenellen captured this moment, and the sentiment of many Australians, by coining the phrase ‘telling a Morrison’ to mean ‘telling a lie’.

"Is that the truth, or are you telling a Morrison?"

by ToonDoo November 14, 2021

warn-tell

The act of informing friends, colleagues etc. of an imminent danger, such as bad food.

I’d better warn... tell... warn-tell the others.

by Joe Smith, Jr. January 21, 2022

you can tell us anything

Something a parent says to coax you into admitting something.

Parents: You can tell us anything.
Child: I’m trans.
Parents: We’re disowning you.

by bismuthdistrict January 14, 2024

Scissor & Tell

The equivalent of kiss & tell but in this case scissor & tell.

My friend Alani doesn’t scissor & tell

by Mrs Garrison June 10, 2023

tell me again

A phrase that is used as an alternate to the polygraph test. And can be used to elevate heart-rate beyond normal.

person A: ...
person B: tell me again.
person A: ...
person B: tell me again.
person A: ...
person B: tell me again.
person A: ...
person B: tell me again.
person A: tell me again.

by ellenrosuvelt April 18, 2020

Tell the space

It means to tell someone or make to it evident that you are ahead of someone else in life or ahead in a state of thinking

Example #1
Lucas: The fact that I can buy jewelry and still pay my bills really tells the space between me and you.
Harris: Damn you right I need to start grinding.

Example #2
Martin: I might start a business just to tell the space.

by Yung Dustpan March 03, 2021

Let awake dogs tell the truth

Good advice, but how could the sleeping ones even say anything, untruthful or otherwise?

Saying, "Let awake dogs tell the truth" makes no more sense than verbally allowing them to fib while snoozing: dogs can't talk in any case, as we all know, and so they could not tell "lies" in any alertness-state --- i.e., whether they are asleep or up and around.

by QuacksO March 21, 2024