[Idiom] what does it mean?

[Akseer Ali Mirani]

to let the cat out of the bag......

 

[Nicklexoxo]

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.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

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.

 

[emsr2d2]

Look here: Let the cat out of the bag - Idiom Definition - UsingEnglish.com

If you need to find the definition of an idiom again, click on the word "Reference" at the top of the screen, then choose "Idioms" and then look through the A-Z of idioms, to find the one you need.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Look here: Let the cat out of the bag - Idiom Definition - UsingEnglish.com

If you need to find the definition of an idiom again, click on the word "Reference" at the top of the screen, then choose "Idioms" and then look through the A-Z of idioms, to find the one you need.

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

 

[SoothingDave]

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.

 

[MikeNewYork]

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).

 

[Akseer Ali Mirani]

Thanks friends

 

[Rover_KE]

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[Tdol]

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

It no longer uses the word. ;-)