spill the beans

spill the beans

/ˌspɪl ðə ˈbiːnz/

💬 Idioms & Expressions

to reveal secret information

spill the beans in a sentence

“Who spilled the beans about the merger?”

Origin of spill the beans

Possibly from ancient Greek voting with beans, or American slang from early 1900s

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