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
GÜVenÇ	-	Turkish
Layne	[lein]
Camila	kah-MEE-lah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Yuzuki	yoo-zoo-kee	Japanese
Madhav	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Nepali
Pernel	-	English (Archaic)