show and tell ExamplesWord Origin noun
- an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- Facetious. any informative presentation or demonstration, as to introduce a new product or divulge and explain a special plan.
Origin of show and tell First recorded in 1950–55 Related formsshow-and-tell, adjectiveshow-and-tell·er, noun Examples from the Web for show-and-tell Contemporary Examples of show-and-tell
My Cold War childhood was like an unending session of Soviet show-and-tell.
The Sickle of Plenty: “Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking”
Liesl Schillinger
September 13, 2013
Word Origin and History for show-and-tell n.
elementary school teaching tool, 1948, American English.
Idioms and Phrases with show-and-tell show and tell
A public presentation or display, as in It was a terrible bore, what with their show and tell of every last detail about their trip around the world. This expression originated in the 1940s to describe a learning exercise for young children, in which each child in a group brings some object to show the others and talks about it.