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Latest post Tue, Feb 7 2006 4:49 PM by pieanne. 2 replies.
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Kolndom  +  193761 Tue, 07 Feb 06 03:15 PM

Woman: right, as long as I'm there, I think I'd like to bring up government funding for state universities. The tuition keeps going on and it's getting harder and harder for a lot of students to afford it.
Man: tell me about it.

What does the man mean? Agree?

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Philologist  +  193784 Tue, 07 Feb 06 03:59 PM
It depends on his tone. He could be asking for clarification, but I think it is more likely that he wished to say that he already knew about the problem and that there was no need to say more about it Wink [;)]
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pieanne  +  193798 Tue, 07 Feb 06 04:49 PM
Yes, like in (don't) tell me about it...
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