spill the beans
to tell a secret
TRANSLATION
die Katze aus dem Sack lassen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
BBC SPILLS BEANS on 'Queen' Camilla -- A friend of Camilla Parker Bowles has told BBC's Panorama that she is known to her family as "queen".
(Hannah Wright - Yahoo UK - 23 October 2002)
(Hannah Wright - Yahoo UK - 23 October 2002)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
In ancient Greece, voting for membership into some of their organizations was done via beans. Those favouring a candidate dropped white beans into a container, those against brown or black beans. If someone accidentally (or deliberately) knocked over the container, the beans and the secret would be revealed.
A similar English idiom is "to let the cat out of the bag" -- same as in German.
In ancient Greece, voting for membership into some of their organizations was done via beans. Those favouring a candidate dropped white beans into a container, those against brown or black beans. If someone accidentally (or deliberately) knocked over the container, the beans and the secret would be revealed.
A similar English idiom is "to let the cat out of the bag" -- same as in German.
