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
- Be careful--his secretary talks
双语例句
- Don't worry. I won't let the cat out of the bag.
别担心，我不会走漏风声的。 - From the warmth of her embrace he perceived that he had let the cat out of the bag.
从她热烈的拥抱中，他意识到自己已经泄露了内心的情感。 - I hope that no one will let the cat out of the bag.
我希望没有一个人会泄漏秘密。 - I'll now let the cat out of the bag.
现在我要揭露谜底。 - We wanted to surprise Mary with a birthday gift, but Allen let the cat out of the bag by asking her what she would like.
我们本想出其不意地送给玛丽一件生日礼物，可是艾伦问玛丽喜欢什么，一语泄露了天机。 - 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。 - Nobody knew she had been offered the job until her husband let the cat out of the bag.
直到她丈夫无意中说漏了嘴，大家才知道原来这份工作已给了她。 - 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）。 - We planned to give her a surprise party, but he 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。 - But one of the secretaries saw the memo and let the cat out of the bag by telling her friends.
这件事原来是应该是保密的。但是，一个秘书看见了一张有关这件事的条子，然后就告诉了她的朋友，这样就泻露了秘密。