live to tell the tale

to still be alive after a dangerous or frightening experience I should imagine very few people have fallen from that height and lived to tell the tale. I had dinner with her and lived to tell the tale.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Elfreda	[el'fri:də]
CeallachÁN	-	Irish
Diomedes	die-ə-MEE-deez (English)	Greek Mythology
Bairre	-	Irish
EnİS	-	Turkish
Caelestis	-	Late Roman