lived to tell the tale的意思|示意

Incredibly, several eyewitnesses on the bay at the time the tsunami struck, lived to tell the tale.

不可思议的是，海啸发生时在海湾有几个目击者生还，得以讲述这段神奇故事。

Another 40 per cent were "survivors", who suffered from chronic diseases before the age of 80 but lived longer to tell the tale.

另外有40%的人属“幸存型”，他们在80岁前就得了慢性病，然而却活了更久以续佳话。

You want to know how people screwed up and lived to tell the tale.

你想知道的是别人将事情办砸，后来还能活着来讲他们的这个故事。

No one has ever successfully opened a sarcophagus and lived to tell the tale.

没有人可以成功的打开这石棺并活着讲述这个故事。

But she thought that she would get rid of the young tailor in this way, because no one had ever got into this bear's clutches and lived to tell the tale.

但是她想这下可以把小裁缝给除掉了，因为还没有可以从熊爪下活着出来。

Those who suffered horribly but lived to tell the tale naturally get a better hearing than the millions in unmarked graves.

那些历经苦难但活下来的人，他们讲的故事自然比那数百万无名冢所述更有受众。