Dead giveaway
Telltale and dead giveaway are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Telltale" instead a noun phrase "Dead giveaway".
Telltale
Telltale noun - A person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others.
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Dead giveaway and telltale are semantically related. You can use "Dead giveaway" instead a noun "Telltale".
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- According to the legend, this is so that no man would know who fired the fatal shot, but fact is the telltale thump from the live round would be a dead giveaway to whoever ended up shooting it, while the men who fired blanks would know from the lack of felt recoil.
Source: Law of Inverse Recoil
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