spill the beans |
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| Vrste leksičkih jedinica: | idiom |
| Teme: | secrets, communication |
| Izvorne domene: | container |
| Čestice: | - |
| Usporedba: | - |
| Glagoli: | - |
| ZEROJ razine: | - | Sinonimi: | let the cat out of the bag | Antonimi: | keep something under your hat, my lips are sealed | Definicija: | to tell people secret information | Primjeri: |
Come on, spill the beans. She will spill the beans about the party.
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Motivacija: |
The Metaphor Box at secret in the Macmillan English Dictionary (by Rosamund Moon): To keep something secret is like covering it, or putting it in a container, so that other people cannot see it. To tell a secret is like removing a cover from something, or like opening a container and letting something get out.
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Similar lexical units: my lips are sealed, keep something under your hat, let the cat out of the bag, call back, not open your mouth