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cat out of the bag
1. 解詞釋義
Cat out of the bag的字面意思是“袋子里的貓”，比喻為“秘密”的意思。它通常和let連用，即：let the cat out of the bag。Let the cat out of the bag的字面意思是“讓貓從袋子里跑出來了”，比喻為“說走嘴了而泄露秘密”“走漏風聲”“泄漏隱秘的消息”等等意思。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. I've let the cat out of the bag already, Mr. Li, and I might as well tell the whole thing now.
我已經無意中泄露了秘密，李先生，干脆現在就把全部情況都告訴你。
e.g. I wanted mother's present to be a secret, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.
給母親的禮物我原想保密，可是妹妹卻露了馬腳。
e.g. The criminal was hiding away from the police, but a small boy let the cat out of the bag when he told the police that there was a man in the house.
罪犯正躲避警方的搜查,但一位小男孩泄漏了秘密,他告訴警方屋里有一個男人。
e.g. That is too bad. I am wondering who let the cat out of the bag. A correspondent has discovered that we are planning a merger with the XYZ Company.
真糟糕，我在想是誰把秘密已經泄漏啦。我們打算與xyz公司合并的計劃已經被一個記者探聽到了。
