Thereby/Therein hangs a tale.
British & Australian, humorous
something that you say when you have been asked about something that needs a long explanation.
'So what were you doing in Nick's garage at three o'clock in the morning?' 'Ah, thereby hangs a tale.
Cambridge Idiom Dictionary
thereby hangs a tale phrase
used for saying that there is a story connected with the fact that you have just mentionedthereby hangs a tale idiomhumorous
- said to someone when what they have asked about involves a long explanation
- • "Why are you limping?" "Ah, thereby hangs a tale."
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 3rd Edition
بیشتر شبیه به اصطلاح داستانش مفصله میمونه.
"Why are you limping?" "Ah, thereby hangs a tale
چرا میلنگی؟! آه، داستانش مفصله
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