This morning my bro told me “I will tell a joke” but my sister said “I will crack a joke.”
I am confused. which one is right or why?
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Crack a joke: tell a joke dictionary.cambridge.org/it/dizionario/inglese/crack-a-joke– user 66974Commented Jul 8, 2018 at 5:55
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Crack a joke is an idiom but it sort of means the same. But,it gives the impression that a joke has been made spontaneously on the spot about something.Telling a joke gives the impression of telling a forwarded joke. Slight difference but you can ignore it.
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+1 for the difference. I don’t think you should ignore it. “Hey Joe, crack that joke you cracked the other day about the elephant “ is not something any native would say- they’d only use tell there.– JimCommented Jul 8, 2018 at 15:17
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Both are right. Like with many things, there is more than one way to say it.
crack - 15. to utter or to tell
