| 单词 | spill the beans |
| 释义 | spill the beans (once / 67928 pages) v When you spill the beans, you give away private information. If your friend warns you not to spill the beans, it means she doesn't want you to tell anyone her secret. You might, for example, spill the beans about the surprise party your sister was planning for your dad — and then worry that your sister is going to be furious. While spill seems to have been used since the sixteenth century to mean "divulge," the phrase spill the beans comes from the early twentieth century United States. In addition to beans, early versions had people spilling both soup and guts. WORD FAMILYspill the beans: spilled the beans, spilling the beans, spills the beans, spilt the beans USAGE EXAMPLESFor years, that was the drill: females in the kitchen, preparing the next day’s meal, puffing on cigarettes and spilling the beans. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) Then, finally, in late August: “I’m ready to spill the beans.” The New Yorker(Dec 07, 2016) Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife! Time(Nov 03, 2016) v divulge confidential information or secrets Syn|Ant|Hyper babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, talk, tattle spill, talk reveal information keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
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