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
TÉLesphore	-	French
Theophil	-	German
Rylie	RIE-lee	English (Modern)
Martynas	-	Lithuanian
Baldomero	bahl-do-ME-ro	Spanish
Aoede	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)