Usually means: Survived to narrate the experience.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word live to tell the tale:

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  1. live to tell the tale: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. live to tell the tale: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. live to tell the tale: Wiktionary

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  1. live to tell the tale: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (live to tell the tale)

verb:  (idiomatic, informal or literary) To survive some difficulty, illness, etc.

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