... tell its (或 one's) own tale 不说自明；不言而喻；明摆着 tell one's tale 讲述自己的经历；说本人应说的话；发表意见 Thereby hangs a tale. 说来话长。(或：其中大有文章。或：这里有一段经过。) ...
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If you want to see a chief executive who has come back from the brink one of corporate history's most vitriolic shareholder revolts and lived to tell the tale, look no further than ArunSarinArun Sarin.
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If you want to see a chief executive who has come back from the brink one of corporate history's most vitriolic shareholder revolts and lived to tell the tale, look no further than Arun Sarin .
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One tell-tale sign was an announcement this week that the completion of the mayor's favourite project, an extravagant new cathedral near the Kremlin, had been put off for lack of cash.