let the cat out of the bag

英 [let ðə kæt aʊt ɒv ðə bæɡ]

美 [let ðə kæt aʊt əv ðə bæɡ]

(无意中)泄露秘密;说漏嘴

英英释义

verb

• divulge confidential information or secrets
  1. Be careful--his secretary talks
  Synonym:spill the beanstalktattleblabpeachbabblesingbabble outblab out

双语例句

• But one of the secretaries saw the memo and let the cat out of the bag by telling her friends.
  这件事原来是应该是保密的。但是，一个秘书看见了一张有关这件事的条子，然后就告诉了她的朋友，这样就泻露了秘密。
• We had wanted to surprise my father with this present, but my younger brother let the cat out of the bag.
  我们本来想以这个礼物使父亲惊讶，但小弟却不小心泄漏了秘密。
• Reveal information; let the cat out of the bag.
  把信息泄露出去；泄露秘密。
• But I'm afraid I let the cat out of the bag& I hid it under my socks and she found it when she was putting my clean clothes away.
  我把手表藏在我的袜子底下，可是当我太太替我把干净衣服放好的时候，她发现了那只手表。所以，我的秘密恐怕已经泻露了。
• We wanted to surprise Mary with a birthday gift, but Allen let the cat out of the bag by asking her what she would like.
  我们本想出其不意地送给玛丽一件生日礼物，可是艾伦问玛丽喜欢什么，一语泄露了天机。
• Don't worry. I won't let the cat out of the bag.
  别担心，我不会走漏风声的。
• The criminal was hiding away from the police, but a small boy let the cat out of the bag when he told the police that there was a man in the house.
  罪犯正躲避警方的搜查，但一位小男孩泄漏了秘密，他告诉警方屋里有一个男人。
• Another widely-used expression is to let the cat out of the bag.
  另一个广泛使用的表达是“toletthecatoutofthebag”（真相大白）。
• To let the cat out of the bag is to unintentionally ruin a secret.
  letthecatoutofthebag是指无意中泄露了秘密。
• We are going to have a surprise party for Tom tomorrow. it's a secret so please don't let the cat out of the bag.
  明天，我们要给汤姆举办一个惊喜聚会。这是一个秘密，因此请不要泄露秘密。