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

• I told him a secret, but he let the cat out of the bag.
  我们计划给她一个惊喜的聚会，但是他去泄露了机密。
• Reveal information; let the cat out of the bag.
  把信息泄露出去；泄露秘密。
• 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。
• Nobody knew she had been offered the job until her husband let the cat out of the bag.
  直到她丈夫无意中说漏了嘴，大家才知道原来这份工作已给了她。
• It's a secret so please don't let the cat out of the bag.
  这是一个秘密，因此请不要泄露秘密。
• 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。
• 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。
• I hope that no one will let the cat out of the bag.
  我希望没有一个人会泄漏秘密。
• 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。
• He has let the cat out of the bag about the government's true intentions.
  他已经把政府的真实意图泄露出去了。