tell a different story Idiom, Proverb

break a story

be first to tell a story, be first to tell some news The London Times broke the story of Charles's confessions.

don't give me that line/story etc.

do not tell me that false story Don't give me that line about a cure for the common cold.

history

fired, dismissed, gone, down the road If you refuse to do a job, you're history, pal.

inside story

(See the inside story)

sob story

a story that makes one feel pity or sorrow My sister told me a sob story about how she had lost her job.

stick to (a story/the facts)

remain faithful to something Please stick to the facts when you tell the story to the police.

the inside story

the personal story, the story that is not published Greg knows the inside story on the Lawson murders. He's married to Marcia Lawson.

the rest is history

"the rest of the story is well known; you know the rest; that's all she wrote" Fleury took a pass from Suter, went around a defenceman, and the rest is history.

there are two sides to every story

two people tell different stories of the same event, compare notes If you compare Mary's story with Sam's, you'll know there are two sides to every story.

two sides to every story

(See there are two sides to every story)

tell a altered story

To accord an annual or accommodate advice that differs from or conflicts with what addition abroad has said. The company's official account would advance you to accept his abandonment was voluntary, but he's been cogent a altered adventure in contempo interviews. He claims the albums has done awfully well, but these sales archive acquaint a altered story.Learn more: different, story, tell

tell a ˈdifferent, aˈnother, etc. tale/story

accord some advice that is altered from what you apprehend or accept been told: She articulate actual calm, but her face told a altered story.Learn more: story, tale, tell

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