To let out a secret
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Why did you let the cat out of the bag / spill the beans

Submitted on November 13, 2012

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derramar los frijoles / dejar que el gato de la bolsa

बीन्स बिखेरें / बिल्ली को बैग से बाहर आने दें

пролить бобы / выпустить кота из сумки

將豆子灑出來/讓貓從袋子裡取出來

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  • IzzyCohen
    (Let the) cat out (of the) bag

    The original meaning was to tell the truth in a situation where one should not do so.

    Aramaic QSHoT (Talmudic QuSHTa@) + BaGaD קושתא בגד = truth + betray, or betray by revealing the truth. It sounded like Ki[T]oT BaGaD " (let the) CaT ouT (of the) BaG.

    Spill the beans and doesn’t know beans about

    In both of these idioms, beans is a phono-semantic match (PSM) for Hebrew BiNah בִּינָה = understanding; wisdom, intellect. "Spill" is related to SaPeR = to tell, as in a long Yiddish shpiel.
     
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