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

• Because whoever let the cat out of the bag was breaking client confidentiality.
  因为无论是谁泄密都会侵犯当事人的机密权。
• 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。
• Tim let the cat out of the bag about my surprise birthday party.
  提姆不小心把我的惊喜生日派对这件事给泄露出去了。
• I had let the cat out of the bag, so to speak.
  我可以说是无意中泄漏了秘密。
• Their excessive talkativeness can make them let the cat out of the bag unconsciously.
  她们那说不完的话能让秘密不知不觉中就泄露了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。