[Idiom] what does it mean?

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Akseer Ali Mirani

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to let the cat out of the bag......
 

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Letting the cat out of the bag is a colloquialism meaning to reveal facts previously hidden. The facts were usually hidden from a specific target audience or theatrical audience.
 

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Letting the cat out of the bag is a colloquialism meaning to reveal facts previously hidden. The facts were usually hidden from a specific target audience or theatrical audience.

Please credit the source of this definition.
 

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let the cat out of the bag - Wiktionary

It's the sister idiom to "never buy a pig in a poke." (A "poke" is a bag.) If you intend to buy a pig, but the dishonest merchant has instead put a cat in the bag, his deception is revealed when the cat is let out of the bag.
 

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let the cat out of the bag - Wiktionary

It's the sister idiom to "never buy a pig in a poke." (A "poke" is a bag.) If you intend to buy a pig, but the dishonest merchant has instead put a cat in the bag, his deception is revealed when the cat is let out of the bag.

I think that sounds reasonable, but Snopes doesn't agree (and they are not always correct).
 

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Akseer, instead of sending your thanks in a separate message, just click the Like button, please.

The reason is that it is flagged as a new post, so we think you might have a follow-up question or something to add. Those of us with slow internet connections and/or old computers have to waste valuable time waiting for it to appear.

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That definition uses the word "accidentally". This could also apply to revealing a secret on purpose.

It no longer uses the word. ;-)
 
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