cat out of the bag
基本解释
- 泄漏秘密
英汉例句
- Their engagement was to be a secret but the ring on her finger let the cat out of the bag.
他们俩订婚原本想保密的,可是她手指上的戒指却把这个秘密泄露出来了。 - I will give my mother a surprise on her birthday, but my father let the cat out of the bag.
我本来想在妈妈过生日的时候给她一个惊喜,没想到爸爸却泄露了秘密。 - Letting the cat out of the bag is supposed to stem from a trick played in old markets where buyers were duped when they thought they were buying a suckling pig.
一般认为,“把猫从袋子里放出来”的说法源自古代集市上的一个把戏:有时,商贩会欺骗买家,在他们购买乳猪的袋子里装一只猫。 - Just be careful not to let the cat out of the bag, or someone may leave you holding the bag.
- If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you let the cat out of the bag.
- The phrase to be left holding the bag is as widely used as the expression to let the cat out of the bag.
- Construction and Housing Minister Ariel Attias let the cat out of the bag.
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专业释义
- 泄漏秘密