cat out of the bag
常見例句
- Their engagement was to be a secret but the ring on her finger let the cat out of the bag.
他們倆訂婚原本想保密的，可是她手指上的戒指卻把這個秘密泄露出來了。 - I will give my mother a surprise on her birthday, but my father let the cat out of the bag.
我本來想在媽媽過生日的時候給她一個驚喜，沒想到爸爸卻泄露了秘密。 - 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.
一般認為，“把貓從袋子里放出來”的說法源自古代集市上的一個把戲：有時，商販會欺騙買家，在他們購買乳豬的袋子里裝一只貓。 - 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.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Netanyahu's perilous statecraft - Letting the cat out of the bag a few days early, the regional carrier is re-branding itself as C Spire.
ENGADGET: Cellular South renamed C Spire Wireless, becomes Puff Daddy of regional carriers - They let the cat out of the bag only because there were all these rumors about JFK and other extracurricular activities.
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