cat out of the bag

常見例句

雙語例句

• 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.
  一般認爲(wèi)，“把貓從袋子裡放出來”的說法源自古代集市上的一個把戯：有時，商販會欺騙買家，在他們購買乳豬的袋子裡裝一衹貓。

原聲例句

• 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.

權(quán)威例句

• 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.
  NPR: 'First Off the Tee': White House Golf Tales
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