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

• 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。
• 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。
• I've let the cat out of the bag already, Mr. Li, and I might as well tell the whole thing now.
  我已经无意中泄露了秘密，李先生，干脆现在就把全部情况都告诉你。
• Mary let the cat out of the bag to release her secret marriage with John.
  玛丽把她和约翰的秘密结婚一事公开了出来。
• 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）。
• Jonathan loves to let the cat out of the bag. Don't tell him any secret.
  乔纳森爱泄露秘密，千万别告诉他任何秘密啊。
• 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。
• If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you let the cat out of the bag.
  如果你对某事这本来是个秘密告诉，我们说你让猫从袋子里出来。
• Reveal information; let the cat out of the bag.
  把信息泄露出去；泄露秘密。
• About your resignation, Maple, I think I let the cat out of the bag at last night's dinner.
  美保，关于你要辞职的事，我想昨晚晚饭时我把这个消息走漏了。