never tell tales out of school Idiom

drop out (of school)

quit school or a course of some kind She dropped out of the class after three months.

school of hard knocks

ordinary experiences of life He learned all about life in the school of hard knocks.

school's out

school is finished for the day or for the year When the bell rings at 3:30, school's out! Yea!

the school of hard knocks

life's hard lessons, learning from mistakes, roll with the punches "Teachers taught me what I should know; the school of hard knocks taught me what I must know."

cock of the school

the hardest guy in the institution:"Don't dis him; he's the cock of the school"

school

a specific era in hiphop history. There have been many discussions about the difference between the "Old School" and the "New School". One accepted view was put to words in alt.rap by Charles L. Isbell: All of time can be divided pretty easily this way:
- Everything before "Run DMC" (Run DMC [1984])
- Everything before "It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back" (Public Enemy [1988])
It gets harder after that, but maybe you'd have to label parallel movements with stuff like:
+ Everything before "Straight Outta Compton" (NWA [1988]) and "Amerikkka's Most Wanted" (Ice Cube [1990]) for the West Coast Gangsta Movement
+ Everything before "3 Feet High And Rising" (De La Soul [1989]) and "Low End Theory" (A Tribe Called Quest [1991]) for the Jazz/Bohemian Movement
Others seem to think we're about to enter the Everything before "93 'Til Infinity" (Souls of Mischief [1993]) era for th

tell tales out of school

Idiom(s): tell tales out of school

Theme: GOSSIP

to tell secrets or spread rumors.
• I wish that John would keep quiet. He's telling tales out of school again.
• If you tell tales out of school a lot, people won't know when to believe you.

of the old school

Idiom(s): of the old school

Theme: OPINION

holding attitudes or ideas that were popular and important in the past, but which are no longer considered relevant or in line with modern trends.
• Grammar was not much taught in my son's school, but fortunately he had a teacher of the old school.
• Aunt Jane is of the old school. She never goes out without wearing a hat and gloves.

Schoolyard pick

When people take it in turns to choose a member of a team, it is a schoolyard pick.

school of hard knocks|hard knocks|knocks|school

n. phr. Life outside of school or college; life out in the world; the ordinary experience of learning from work and troubles. He never went to high school; he was educated in the school of hard knocks.

never acquaint tales out of school

Do not allotment secrets or advance rumors with added people, as accomplishing so will acceptable account problems for addition abroad and will alienate you from them. Hey, I heard what you were adage at the bar the added night. Here's a tip: Never acquaint tales out of academy about your co-workers, or you aren't acceptable to accept any accompany actuality afore long.Learn more: never, of, out, school, tales, tell

Never acquaint tales out of school.

Prov. Do not acquaint secrets; do not gossip. Fred: I aloof abstruse article absolutely atrocious about the admiral of our company. Ellen: Well, I don't appetite to apprehend it. You shouldn't acquaint tales out of school.Learn more: never, of, out, school, tales, tell

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