英语词汇“spill the beans”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

Idiom

let the cat out of the bag and spill the beans

Theme: REVELATION

to reveal a secret or a surprise by accident.

When Bill glanced at the door, he let the cat out of the bag. We knew then that he was expecting someone to arrive.We are planning a surprise party for Jane. Don't let the cat out of the bag.It's a secret. Try not to spill the beans.

Slang

spill the beans and spill the works

Theme: REVEAL

tr. to give away a secret or a surprise.

There is a surprise party for Heidi on Wednesday. Please don't spill the beans.Paul spilled the beans about Heidi's party.

spill the beans

To reveal something that was meant to be a secret. We had everything organized for Bruce's surprise party, but Kate accidentally spilled the beans to him at work. All right, spill the beans! What's going on?

spill the beans

and spill the works

Fig. to give away a secret or a surprise. There is a surprise party for Heidi on Wednesday. Please don't spill the beans. Paul spilled the works about Heidi's party.

spill the beans

Disclose a secret or reveal something prematurely, as in You can count on little Carol to spill the beans about the surprise. In this colloquial expression, first recorded in 1919, spill means "divulge," a usage dating from the 1500s.

spill the beans

INFORMAL

COMMON If you spill the beans, you reveal the truth about something secret or private. He was scared to death I was going to spill the beans to the cops. Come on, spill the beans! Whose fault was it? Note: This expression has a number of possible explanations. One is derived from an ancient practice of voting by placing coloured beans in one of a number of jars or pots, then tipping the beans out and counting them. Another is an informal description of vomiting.

spill the beans

reveal secret information, especially unintentionally or indiscreetly. informal

spill the ˈbeans

(informal) tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private: We were trying to keep it a secret from Pete, but Marcia spilled the beans.Come on, spill the beans! What did your father say? OPPOSITE: keep something under your hat

spill the beans

and spill the works

tv. to give away a secret or a surprise. There is a surprise party for Heidi on Wednesday. Please don’t spill the beans. Sorry, I didn’t mean to spill the works.

spill the beans

To disclose a secret.

spill the beans, to

To give away a secret. This slangy Americanism combines two earlier meanings: of spill, meaning to talk, and of beans, meaning information. Although these date from the sixteenth and thirteenth centuries respectively, the cliché has been around only since the 1920s or so. It is particularly common in detective stories and novels, in which the opportunity for revealing important secrets is a common occurrence.

词汇	spill the beans
释义	Idiom let the cat out of the bag and spill the beans Theme: REVELATION to reveal a secret or a surprise by accident. When Bill glanced at the door, he let the cat out of the bag. We knew then that he was expecting someone to arrive.We are planning a surprise party for Jane. Don't let the cat out of the bag.It's a secret. Try not to spill the beans. Slang spill the beans and spill the works Theme: REVEAL tr. to give away a secret or a surprise. There is a surprise party for Heidi on Wednesday. Please don't spill the beans.Paul spilled the beans about Heidi's party. Idiom spill the beans to let secret information become known. My husband was afraid to spill the beans about the cost of his purchases. spill the beans To reveal something that was meant to be a secret. We had everything organized for Bruce's surprise party, but Kate accidentally spilled the beans to him at work. All right, spill the beans! What's going on? spill the beans and spill the works Fig. to give away a secret or a surprise. There is a surprise party for Heidi on Wednesday. Please don't spill the beans. Paul spilled the works about Heidi's party. spill the beans Disclose a secret or reveal something prematurely, as in You can count on little Carol to spill the beans about the surprise. In this colloquial expression, first recorded in 1919, spill means "divulge," a usage dating from the 1500s. spill the beans INFORMAL COMMON If you spill the beans, you reveal the truth about something secret or private. He was scared to death I was going to spill the beans to the cops. Come on, spill the beans! Whose fault was it? Note: This expression has a number of possible explanations. One is derived from an ancient practice of voting by placing coloured beans in one of a number of jars or pots, then tipping the beans out and counting them. Another is an informal description of vomiting. spill the beans reveal secret information, especially unintentionally or indiscreetly. informal spill the ˈbeans (informal) tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private: We were trying to keep it a secret from Pete, but Marcia spilled the beans.Come on, spill the beans! What did your father say? OPPOSITE: keep something under your hat spill the beans and spill the works tv. to give away a secret or a surprise. There is a surprise party for Heidi on Wednesday. Please don’t spill the beans. Sorry, I didn’t mean to spill the works. spill the beans To disclose a secret. spill the beans, to To give away a secret. This slangy Americanism combines two earlier meanings: of spill, meaning to talk, and of beans, meaning information. Although these date from the sixteenth and thirteenth centuries respectively, the cliché has been around only since the 1920s or so. It is particularly common in detective stories and novels, in which the opportunity for revealing important secrets is a common occurrence.
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