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Let the cat out of the bag

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let the cat out of the bag 来自英语环球ChinaPlus 08:29

Definition: To reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake.

Origin: The original theory of 'let the cat out of the bag' is that unscrupulous sellers would sell the 'pig' in a bag, but instruct the buyer not to open it until they get home, lest the pig escape. The buyer would carry a wiggling bag all the way home, only to have it revealed when opened that they had received a feral cat instead of a piglet. A whip was also nicknamed to be 'the cat' in the Navy. The whip/cat would be taken out of the bag whenever someone had to be disciplined.

I'd better not to know the details of the plan in case I let the cat out of the bag one day.

我还是不知道这个计划的细节为好，以免哪天我说漏嘴。

He is trustworthy and he is tight-lipped. There is no way that it was him that let the cat out of the bag.

他值得信赖,嘴巴也很紧，露马脚的不可能是他。

I'm too scared I'll let the cat out of the bag and ruin his secret.

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