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
- About your resignation, Maple, I think I let the cat out of the bag at last night's dinner.
美保，关于你要辞职的事，我想昨晚晚饭时我把这个消息走漏了。 - I told him a secret, but he let the cat out of the bag.
我们计划给她一个惊喜的聚会，但是他去泄露了机密。 - Because whoever let the cat out of the bag was breaking client confidentiality.
因为无论是谁泄密都会侵犯当事人的机密权。 - 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）。 - The criminal was hiding away from the police, but a small boy let the cat out of the bag when he told the police that there was a man in the house.
罪犯正躲避警方的搜查，但一位小男孩泄漏了秘密，他告诉警方屋里有一个男人。 - He has let the cat out of the bag about the government's true intentions.
他已经把政府的真实意图泄露出去了。 - To let the cat out of the bag is to unintentionally ruin a secret.
letthecatoutofthebag是指无意中泄露了秘密。 - We had wanted to surprise my father with this present, but my younger brother let the cat out of the bag.
我们本来想以这个礼物使父亲惊讶，但小弟却不小心泄漏了秘密。 - We are going to have a surprise party for Tom tomorrow. it's a secret so please don't let the cat out of the bag.
明天，我们要给汤姆举办一个惊喜聚会。这是一个秘密，因此请不要泄露秘密。 - However, I still say that the Chungking spokesman is an idiot, for without being pressed he has let the cat out of the bag and revealed the plans of Japanese imperialism to the whole people.
但是我还要说重庆发言人是个蠢猪，他不打自招，向全国人民泄露了日本帝国主义的计划。