spill the beans

Meaning: To reveal a secret.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Food & Drink

More idioms — Food & Drink

• square meal — Full and well-balanced meal.
• take the cake — To outdo; to exceed normal behavior; metaphorically, to win the prize.
• upset the apple cart — To disturb the status quo; to shake up the existing situation.
• Tomber dans les pommes — Suddenly losing consciousness — possibly derived from the older expression 'être dans les…
• Avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez — To be getting angry.
• Pédaler dans la semoule — To be confused and getting nowhere.

More English idioms

• albatross around one's neck — Something or someone that is a burden and difficult to get rid of.
• armed to the teeth — Well-equipped with weapons.
• go back to square one — Return to the beginning.
• go back to the drawing board — Return to the planning stage of a project.
• have one's back to the wall — To be in a difficult or desperate situation.
• back-seat driver — A person who gives driving orders when he/she is not the driver.

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