spill the beans

spill the beans
spill the beans & spill the works
Fig. to give away a secret or a surprise. •

There is a surprise party for Heidi on Wednesday. Please don't spill the beans.

Paul spilled the works about Heidi's party.

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{v. phr.}, {informal} To tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it. * /John's friends were going to have a surprise party for him, but Tom spilled the beans./ Compare: GIVE AWAY(3), LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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