| 单词 | to give the show away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give the show away d. to give the show away and variants: to disclose or reveal something secret or confidential, esp. inadvertently; to reveal the true nature of a person or thing. Cf. to give the game away at game n. Phrases 8. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > disclose or reveal secrets tell1537 blaba1616 to let the cat out of the bag1760 to blow the gab or gaff1834 to shoot off one's mouth1864 to give the show away1879 unload1904 to spill the beans1919 to shoot the works1922 1879 L. Troubridge Jrnl. June in Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 152 Tanner [i.e. the maid] was tweaked up in a cap as our ‘Aunt’. She rather gave the show away by dashing forward to open the cab door! 1900 B. Delannoy ‘£19,000’ xxx. 229 I gave the name of Brown to your boy because I didn't want to give the show away. 1920 Everybody's Mag. Sept. 99/2 Can't go out on patrol, without giving the whole show away to the Turks! 1972 Transcript (North Adams, Mass.) 29 Nov. 15/2 Instead of squirming and giving the show away, he smoothly discarded a club. 2002 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 13 Apr. 18 [He] liked to pretend he was something of a martinet, yet he invariably gave the show away with his twinkling eyes, and mischievous little lopsided grin. < as lemmas |
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