※ 고자질하다, 일러바치다. (1)_Revised 2

※ 고자질하다, 일러바치다.

• tell on somebody

• tattle on somebody

• rat on somebody

• snitch on somebody

 

• dob somebody in (to somebody) (for something/for doing something)
-to tell somebody about something that another person has done wrong
: ~가 ~을 했다고 (~에게) 일러바치다[고자질하다]
e.g.) 
Sue dobbed me in to the teacher.

수가 선생님께 나를 고자질했다.

• tell tales (about something/on somebody)
​-to tell somebody about something that another person has done wrong - 옥스포드
-If someone tells tales about you, they tell other people things about you which are untrue or which you wanted to be kept secret. - 콜린스
e.g.)
I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.

 

Ref)

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/tell-tales-about-somebody.288880/

 

 

• bad-mouth /ˈbæd maʊθ/ [•badmouth]
(informal)
-to say unpleasant things about somebody
: (…에 대해) 안 좋게 말하다
*bad-mouth somebody 
e.g.)
No one wants to employ somebody who bad-mouths their former employer.
   아무도 이전 고용주에 대해 안 좋게 말하는 사람을 고용하고 싶어 하지 않는다.
"If I badmouth a colleague to my boss, my boss might spread it to everyone.
Then the colleague will find out that I badmouthed them."

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• telltale /ˈtelteɪl/

Noun 
(British English) (North American English tattletale)
(informal, disapproving)
-a child who tells an adult what another child has done wrong
: 英, 비격식, 못마땅함 (美 tattletale) 고자쟁이(어른에게 다른 아이의 잘못을 일러바치는 아이)


• telltale /ˈtelteɪl/

Adjective
[only before noun]
-showing that something exists or has happened
: [명사 앞에만 씀] (어떤 것이 존재하거나 어떤 일이 있었음을 숨기려 해도) 숨길 수 없는
e.g.) 
telltale clues/marks/signs/sounds. 
숨길 수 없는 단서/표시/흔적/소리

The telltale smell of cigarettes told her that he had been in the room. 
숨길 수 없는 담배 냄새가 그가 그 방에 있었음을 그녀에게 말해 주었다.

 

 

• tittle-tattle
-unimportant talk, usually not true, about other people and their lives
SYNONYM.  gossip
: 비격식, 못마땅함.  (남의 사생활에 대한) 잡담, 가십, 뒷담화
e.g.) 
The story was nothing more than idle tittle-tattle.