Terms for subject Cliche / convention containing tell

English	Russian
do as you are told	делайте, как вам велено
don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!	не лги мне!
hard to tell from the picture	трудно сказать по фотографии (Hard to tell from the pictures, but does it look like smoke or a cloud? Fingers crossed it's a massive, fast developing cloud... (Reddit) ART Vancouver)
I told you so	ведь я вам говорил
I'd tell myself	говорил я себе (при передаче косвенной речи: You are so petty, I'd tell myself, with your sparkling surfaces and White Company candles, these people have lost so much. – Ты такая придирчивая, говорила я себе dailymail.co.uk ART Vancouver)
it's hard to tell	трудно сказать (what ... – ..., какие ...)
tell her I hope she's feeling better	скажи ей, чтоб поправлялась (ART Vancouver)
tell him	передай ему, чтобы (+ infinitive: When Jerry returns, tell him to come to my office. -- передай ему, чтобы зашёл ко мне ART Vancouver)
tell what is fact and what is fiction	отделить правду от вымысла (Breedlove thinks that "there is a lot of reality to the Bell Witch legend but it's hard to tell what is fact and what is fiction." coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver)
time will tell on that	время покажет (Will the virus come back next year? Time will tell. • I talked to a person who is knowledgeable in urban planning and he said that the farmland and woodland north of Poulton Hall Road is unlikely to be built upon as it seems to be protected and conserved land. Time will tell, I guess. anomalien.com ART Vancouver)
time will tell whether	время покажет
to tell the truth	правду говоря (igisheva)
to tell the truth	по совести сказать (как вводная фраза igisheva)
to tell the truth	честно сказать (как вводная фраза igisheva)
to tell the truth	честно говоря (как вводная фраза igisheva)
to tell the truth	по правде сказать (как вводная фраза igisheva)
to tell the truth	откровенно говоря (igisheva)
to tell the truth	по совести говоря (igisheva)
to tell the truth	если честно (igisheva)
to tell the truth	правду сказать (как вводная фраза igisheva)