gory details

English

Noun

the gory details pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, figuratively) All of the small facts or pieces of information about something, especially those that are excessively detailed or tedious.
  2. (informal, figuratively) All of the pieces of information about something, especially those that are scandalous or embarrassing in nature.
    • 2015, Lisa Wood Shapiro, Hot Mess Mom, Misadventures of New Motherhood:
      It was ... my chance to dish and give all the gory details about the mommy-and-me yoga class.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gory,‎ details.
    • 2006, Robin Odell, Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon, Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 169:
      When the newspapers reported the murder of Martha Tabram [...] with the gory details of how she had been stabbed,  […]

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