单词 | to spill the beans |
释义 | > as lemmasto spill the beans e. Slang phrases: not to know beans (U.S.): not to know something, to be not well informed; not to care beans (U.S.), not to care at all; a hill of beans (originally U.S.): a thing of little value (cf. sense 6a); to spill the beans (see spill v.); to be full of beans: to be full of energy, and in high spirits (cf. beany adj. 1) (see also quot. 1874); to give (a person) beans (originally U.S.): to deal severely with, to punish heavily; so to get beans; old bean (cf. old adj. Compounds 5b), a familiar form of address. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)] to put in no chaloir1477 not to care1490 to let the world wag (as it will)c1525 not to care a chip1556 to hang loose (to)1591 (to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632 not to careor matter a farthing1647 not to care a doit1660 (not) to care twopencea1744 not to give a curse (also damn)1763 not to care a dump1821 not to care beans1833 not to care a darn1840 not to give a darn1840 not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861 not to care (also give) a whoop1867 (to care) not a fouter1871 not to care (or give) a toss1876 not to give (also care) a fuck1879 je m'en fiche1889 not to care a dit(e)1907 je m'en fous1918 not to give a shit1918 to pay no nevermind1946 not to give a sod1949 not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960 not to give a stuff1974 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > abound with energy to be full of beans1833 zing1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > be ignorant [phrase] > know nothing to say (also know) neither buff nor stye?a1750 to know little (or nothing) and care less1783 not to know beans1833 not to have the remotest1864 (not) to know from nothing1933 not to know shit from Shinolaa1948 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth ivy-leafc1000 needle?c1225 sloec1250 peasea1275 strawc1290 bean1297 nutc1300 buttonc1330 leekc1330 trifle1375 cress1377 goose-wing1377 sop1377 niflec1395 vetcha1400 a pin's head (also point)c1450 trump1513 plack1530 toy1530 blue point1532 grey groat1546 cherry-stone1607 jiggalorum1613 candle-enda1625 peppercorn1638 sponge1671 sneeshing1686 snottera1689 catchpenny1705 potato1757 snuff1809 pinhead1828 traneen1837 a hill of beans1863 gubbins1918 society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment > be punished severely to buy the bargain dear1352 smart1534 sweata1625 to nap it1699 to get it1805 to catch or get Jesse1839 to get (also catch, take) it in the neck1881 to get beans1893 to get (also do) the book1928 the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > familiar form of address mon amic1425 matec1500 boy1532 old lad1594 old boy1602 captaina1616 mon cher1673 old chap1823 old man1828 ou maat1838 boysie1846 old top1856 boetie1867 bra1869 cocker1888 mon vieux1888 face1891 yessir1892 George1903 old sport1905 old bean1917 segotia1917 babe1918 bro1918 tovarish1918 old egg1919 midear1921 old (tin of) fruit1923 sport1923 mush1936 cowboy1961 coz1961 wack1963 yaar1963 John1982 1833 A. Greene Life & Adv. D. Duckworth II. 66 He don't know beans. 1855 Yale Literary Mag. 20 192 Whatever he knows of Euclid and Greek, In Latin he don't know beans. 1857 Knickerbocker Feb. 138 I don't care beans for the railroad. 1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends v. 80 I..karn't take Preston's note—'taint wuth a hill o' beans. 1888 Chicago Herald One has to know beans to be successful in the latest Washington novelty for entertainment at luncheons. 1901 W. N. Harben Westerfelt 5 He didn't care a hill o' beans fer no gal. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings xii. 216 He wasn't a hill of beans to her. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Let. 4 Jan. (1962) II. 876 Saying my say and seeing other people sup it up doesn't amount to a hill o' beans, as far as I go. to spill the beans b. to spill the beans: to reveal a secret. slang (originally U.S.). 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 1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber xxviii. 355 ‘Mother certainly has spilled the beans!’ thought Stafford in vast amusement. 1921 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean viii. 136 The beans are spilled, and that is what Maddigan guessed the moment he set eyes on you. 1928 Daily Express 10 Oct. 6 Spill the beans. Come clean on the whole game. 1929 E. Linklater Poet's Pub vii. 91 ‘Tell me the truth,’ she says. ‘Spill the beans, Holly, old man!’ 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Nov. 1/1 A Government publication in this country spilled the beans concerning our urgent interest in experiments with uranium. 1958 E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. vi. 93 Spilling beans of shattering truths or equally shattering lies. 1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain vii. 82 Wilson in an indulgent moment of weakness ‘spilt the beans’. 1979 G. Hammond Dead Game vii. 83 You asked me to trust you... So now I think you'd better spill the beans. 1982 Listener 23 Dec. 3/1 Julian Critchley spills the beans about El Vino and says why he likes it. < as lemmas |
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