tell tales out of school
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Snoop Dogg, Cardi B, et al., tell tales out of school in the new series “Untold Stories of Hip Hop.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2019
Horace uses his insider status, and no doubt interrogation skills he learned on the job, to get a number of police officers to tell tales out of school, including out of the police academy.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2018
"Crime Drama" is mostly an excuse to revisit famous shows of yesteryear and hear key players tell tales out of school.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2011
"Car dealers have been seen as a closed shop who do not want to be seen to tell tales out of school," said Peter Stratton, of the Trading Standards Institute.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2010
I must not tell tales out of school, only as every one seems to have learned of his penchant for the little lady from Eldred’s”––he laughed lightly.
From The Phantom Lover by Ayres, Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred)
