Live to tell the tale.
[Idiom] LIVE TO TELL THE TALE. - Surviving Against the Odds
survive a dangerous event.
The phrase 'Live to tell the tale' is used when someone survives a dangerous or extraordinary event and is able to share their story afterward. It paints a picture of a person coming through a harrowing experience, such as a shipwreck or a wilderness adventure, emerging alive and with a story worth telling. This idiom emphasizes the human spirit’s resilience and the compelling nature of survival stories. If someone escapes from a near-fatal hiking accident, they literally live to tell the tale, ready to recount their ordeal to others, perhaps serving as a cautionary tale or an inspiring survival story.
Example Sentences
The climbers were lucky to live to tell the tale.
The climbers were fortunate to survive and recount their story.
After the disaster, only a few survivors live to tell the tale.
Only a few who survived the disaster can recount the experience.
He lived to tell the tale of his rafting adventure.
He was lucky to survive his rafting adventure and recount it.
