spill the tea

Meaning: to reveal gossip or scandalous information.

Language: English

Literally: to spill tea

Category: Food & Drink

Origin: Modern slang from African-American Vernacular English, popularized early 2000s.

More idioms — Food & Drink

not worth your salt — incompetent; not deserving of wages or respect.
bring home the bacon — to provide income; to succeed in earning money.
a storm in a teacup — excessive fuss over something trivial; tempest in a teapot.
cry over spilled milk — to regret something past; useless to grieve over unchangeable events.
hard pill to swallow — difficult to accept; unpleasant truth or reality.
Hair of the dog — A morning drink taken to cure a hangover.

go belly up — to fail completely; to go bankrupt.
wear your heart on your sleeve — to display emotions openly; to be transparent about feelings.
mad as a box of frogs — completely crazy; chaotic and unpredictable.
bark up the wrong tree — to pursue a wrong course; to blame the wrong person.
have the wool pulled over your eyes — to be deceived or fooled.
get your ducks in a row — to organize yourself; to prepare systematically.

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