telling phrase

collocation in English

meaningsoftellingandphrase

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withphrase.
telling
adjective
uk
/ˈtel.ɪŋ/us
/ˈtel.ɪŋ/
showing the truth about a situation or showing what someone ...
See more attelling
phrase
noun[C]
uk
/freɪz/us
/freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
See more atphrase

(Definition oftellingandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftelling phrase

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
In the course of the journey she distils a vast amount of literature, much of it in political theory, with commendable succinctness and an eye for atellingphrase.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Then in a particularlytellingphraseit states: "it is seen by them as coming home".
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I thought that was a verytellingphrase.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is the crux of the whole matter in a verytellingphrase.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
To use the chairman'stellingphrase, grant aid for planting woodlands and farmland should be targeted to take forestry off the hill.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Using atellingphrase, he said that it was the small, nasty contracts that could be swept under the table.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is a verytellingphraseand a very true one.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He captured the mood very accurately in onetellingphrasewhen he talked about the need for the criminal justice system to be "reunited with its public".
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is thetellingphrase.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That was atellingphrase.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is atellingphrase.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It struck me as one of the most telling phrases that has been used this evening.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition oftelling
Go to the definition ofphrase
See other collocations withphrase