let the cat out of the bag

Significado (Inglés)

To disclose a secret; to let a secret be known, often inadvertently.

Conceptos

cantar

destapar un secreto

tirar de la manta

Sinónimos

spill the beans

disclose

blab

ooze up

blab out

divulge

babble out

reveal a secret

babble

peach

🍑

sing

talk

🗣️

tattle

give

let out

blurt

Traducciones

vendre la mèche

murmurar

parlar

🗣️

revelar

xerrar

divulgar

parlotejar

die Katze aus dem Sack lassen

accoucher

adresser

bavarder

chanter

dialoguer

pêche

🍑

spiattellare il segreto

Etimología (Inglés)

(Mid-1700s) The inverse of the idiom pig in a poke. If a dishonest merchant tries to sell a cat as a pig and the cat comes out or is taken out of the bag, the merchant's secret is disclosed.