A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

talk the same language • tell the same tale
talk the same language —(also: speak the same language) have
an understanding with a person through similarity of outlook:
I don’t have many friends because I no longer talk the same
language as the people I used to know.
tell the same tale —
1
. (also: sing the same song ) express the
same ideas, opinions, etc.: All those who have defected tell
the same tale of a rebel movement in disarray after a series of
military defeats. 2. reveal a similar undesirable or unpleasant
situation: There seemed no city which did not in one way or
another tell the same tale of economic decay and social disin-
tegration.
tape machine • tape recorder
tape machine —a telegraphic instrument in which the mes-
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tape machine

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sage is printed on a paper tape: Some twenty men were crowd-
ing round a “tape machine” waiting for the result of the race
to come through.
tape recorder —an electronic apparatus for recording music,
etc. on magnetic tape: A tape recorder offers the additional
facility of actual recording, either personally or from the radio.
taste like something • taste of something
taste like something —have the same taste as smth. else: The
cowish or biscuit root is somewhat larger than a walnut and
tastes like a sweet potato.
taste of something —have the hint of a certain specified flavor:
If it tastes of the raw berry (as Egyptian coffee generally does),
it is under-roasted.
tax avoidance • tax evasion
tax avoidance —the use of legal methods to pay the smallest
amount of tax: I think that all these devices for tax avoidance
ought to be stopped.
tax evasion —the illegal non-payment or underpayment of
in come tax: Most crooked businesses rely on substantial tax
evasion.