| 单词 | to let the cat out of the bag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let the cat out of the bag 19. †to turn to bag and wallet: to become a beggar. to give (one) the bag to hold: to engage any one while taking the opportunity to slip away, to leave in the lurch. to give the bag to: to leave without warning (obsolete); also in modern dialect, to dismiss (a servant, etc.). Also to get the bag: to be dismissed; [Compare to give the sack n.1] to let the cat out of the bag: to disclose the secret. to empty the bag (French vider le sac): to tell the whole story, finish the discussion. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg or be beggar [verb (intransitive)] thigc1300 begc1384 crave1393 to go a-begged1393 prowl1530 to go (or have been) a begging1535 maund?1536 to bear the wallet1546 cant1567 prog1579 to turn to bag and wallet1582 skelder1602 maunder1611 strike1618 emendicate1623 mendicate1623 to go a-gooding1646 mump1685 shool1736 cadge1819 to stand pad1841 stag1860 bum1870 schnorr1875 panhandle1894 pling1915 stem1924 nickel-and-dime1942 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away from [verb (transitive)] > go away from suddenly or hurriedly fleeOE to give the bag to1582 fling1588 vamoose1847 jump1875 skip1884 to leave (a person) flat1902 blow1912 scarper1937 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 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > deceive, delude [verb (transitive)] > leave in the lurch to leave in the lash1573 to leave in the lurch1596 lurcha1651 to give (one) the bag to hold1793 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > dismiss or discharge > be dismissed or discharged to get the bag1804 to get the sack1825 swap1862 to get the boot1888 to take a walk1888 to get the run1889 to get (or have) the swap1890 to get the (big) bird1924 to get one's jotters1944 1582 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 161 The turning to bag and wallet of the infinite number of the poore people imploied in clothing. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. F To giue your maisters the bagge. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe iv. sig. Gv I feare our oares haue giuen vs the bag. 1647 Speedy Hue & Crie 1 He being sometime an Apprentice on London bridge..gave his Master the bag. 1760 London Mag. 29 224 We could have wished that the author..had not let the cat out of the bag. 1788 P. M. Freneau Misc. Wks. 414 He must give us the bag, Adhere to Old England, and sail with her flag. 1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 7 She will leave Spain the bag to hold. 1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 33 (note) ‘Gave him the bag.' An expression common with the lower classes, indicating that Miss Delia will not honour Mr. Damon with her company. 1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 92 Jonathan..trembled, sadly, all the way Lest he should get the bag, sir. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. vi. 161 She gave me the bag to hold, and was smuggling in a corner with a rich old Puritan! 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 277 Sent away, with a flea in your ear; some girl has given you the bag. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. xiv. 300 This last epithet I choose to suppress, because it would let the cat out of the bag. 1870 etc. [see E.D.D.]. 1871 W. S. Gilbert Palace of Truth i. 13 While publishing the truth He's no idea that he is doing so; And..he let innumerable cats Out of unnumbered bags. 1913 ‘I. Hay’ Happy-go-lucky i. 4 ‘Your fag, isn't he?’ ‘I gave him the bag two terms ago... Tiny has him now.’ to let the cat out of the bag f. to fight like Kilkenny cats: to engage in a mutually destructive struggle. to bell the cat, see bell v.5 1, to hang the bell about the cat's neck, see bell n.1 9. to let the cat out of the bag: to disclose a guarded secret: see bag n. to grin like a Cheshire cat (see Notes & Queries 1852 V. 402). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > smile [verb (intransitive)] > grin(s) grina1500 girn1562 to grin like a Cheshire cat1770 1770–1819 J. Wolcot in Wks. (1812) 91 Lo! like a Cheshire cat our court will grin. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiv. 236 Mr. Newcome says..‘That woman grins like a Cheshire cat’. < as lemmas |
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